i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. it's friday, april 1st, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." trapped in mariupol. limited food, water, and aid for thousands of people in the war-ravaged ukrainian city. how russian forces disrupted a plan to deliver supplies and evacuate people. high gas prices. americans feeling the financial squeeze could soon get relief. how much you could save after a rare move by the white house. behind the scenes. an oscars producer reveals how close police came to arresting will smith for slapping chris rock. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. russia and ukraine will resume

peace talks virtually today as the fighti i ing rages on, including over the border in russia. two helicopters crossed the border and struck a fuel facility. this morning russian troops left the heavily contaminated chernobyl nuclear site after handing control back to ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warned that russian withdrawals from the north and the center of the country were a tactic to build up forces for attacks elsewhere. and ukraine says russian forces blocked a convey of 45 buses attempting to evacuate people from the besieged port city of mariupol. bradley blackburn is in new york with all the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. about 100,000 people are still trapped in mariupol. evacuations have slowed to a crawl. ukraine's government says at this point just a few hundred people at a time are able to escape in private cars. and russian attacks on the city aren't letting up. russia's assault on the port

city of mariupol continued thursday. ukraine's deputy prime minister says russian forces seized 14 tons of food and medical supplies and prevented residents from fleeing the violence. today a team from the international committee of the red cross will try to enter the city with humanitarian aid and help with evacuations.juen lerit dior of erations. >> for the time being, we have the agreement at the top level. now we are working on getting the agreement at the bottom, the field level. >> reporter: russia says it will reopen a corridor at the behest of france and germany, but there are a lot of the unknowns. >> you will use that road. you will pass by that checkpoint. the phone number you should use is this one. we need to make sure that that works. >> reporter: russia has tried to pound the city into submission. ukraine estimates 90% of residential buildings are damaged. last month victoria and her two children were sheltering in this theater as they waited for a corridor to open up.

despite the word "children" written outside in russian, it was bombed. "everything fell on my daughter," she said. it was several minutes before the 2-year-old called out for her mother from under the rubble. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy insists russian withdrawals from places like the chernobyl nuclear power plant, which it has handed back to the ukrainians, is a military tactic as russia regroups for more powerful attacks in the southeast. and ukraine's state power company says one reason the russians left chernobyl was because soldiers received significant doses of radiation after digging trenches in the forest near the closed nuclear plant. at this point, the kremlin is not commenting. >> all right. bradley blackburn in new york. thank you very much. relief at the pump could be on the way for millions of americans. president biden took a major step to fight rising gasoline prices. here's erroll barnett. i say enough.

>> reporter: president biden on an unprecedented effort to ease the financial squeeze for fuel. placing the blame for recent jumps in global energy prices squarely on russia's war in ukraine. >> our prices are rising because of putin's actions. there isn't enough supply. and the bottom line is if we want lower gas prices, we need to have more oil supply right now. >> reporter: mr. biden announcing several new efforts including accessing a third of the nation's strategic petroleum reserve until october. >> i would call it the mother of all strategic petroleum releasea consumer gas but for byproducts like jet fuel and diesel, impacting all corners of the economy, contributing to inflation. how long do you think it will take between this announcement and americans seeing the result at the pump? >> i think we get a little relief here in april and may. >> reporter: meanwhile, drivers

in maryland and georgia are enjoying a so-called holiday from state gas taxes. >> i'm glad it's going down a little bit now. >> seems to be making an improvement. >> reporter: with connecticut drivers joining friday, and more than a dozen other states debating this or offering reductions. >> we can see an uptick -- >> reporter: patrick de haan of the fuel data website gas buddy mentioned consumption jumps as a result of tax holidays and says that's a warning. >> sheltering americans from the consequences of high price could induce more gasoline consumption, and it could cause gas prices to go up more dramatically. >> reporter: experts also explained to cbs news that at this time of year, stations switch over it a summer blend of gasoline which costs more to produce. likely meaning more of this. >> i used to go where i wanted go. now i go where i have to go. >> reporter: now remember, tax rebates, if they are passed by states like california, typically come out of any tax refund you would otherwise receive. here in maryland, it's actually the station owners who benefit

from the gas tax holiday. the state expects those savings to be passed along to customers. so there is no easy fix to what continues to be an expensive problem. erroll barnett, cbs news, bethesda, maryland. deadly storms that tore through the south moved across the east coast overnight. two people were killed and two others hurt when a tornado touched down in the florida panhandle. at least two homes were destroyed. in alabama, one person was hurt after a possible tornado hit a college campus. powerful winds toppled trees and power lines and ripped apart homes. >> i heard something coming, and it got louder and louder and louder. then i heard this boom, and it seemed like the house just shook. >> in louisiana, the storms dried homes, overturned semi-trailers, and caused widespread damage. there were reports of at least 25 tornadoes across a dozen states and at one point close to 200,000 people lost power.

a 12-year-old boy in south carolina is under arrest for allegedly shooting and killing a 12-year-old classmate. it happened yesterday at a middle school in greenville. authorities say that the two boys knew each other. they're investigating what led to the shooting and how the boy got the gun. no one else was hurt. the suspect was found hiding under a deck at a nearby home about an hour after the shooting. >> i was hearing that there was a shooting in front of my son's class, and he was scared. they were hearing actually the shooting -- the shooting going on. >> more than 200 deputies and other law enforcement officers rushed to the school after the shooting. gay rights advocates filed a lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis to block the state's so-called "don't say gay" law. it prohibits classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. the lawsuit was filed yesterday on transgender day of visibility. critics of the florida law say that its true intent is to marginalize lgbtq people and

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the "associated press" reports washington state became the first state in the nation create an alert system for missing indigenous people. the governor signed the bill into law yesterday. tribal leaders attended the signing. the system is similar to amber alerts for missing children. the law is aimed at addressing the high number of missing indigenous people, mostly women, in the state. "reuters" says jeff bezos' blue origin company made its fourth successful crude flight. the spacecraft blasted off yesterday with six people on board from its launch site in texas. the ten-minute flight soared to an altitude of 66 miles before parachuting back to earth. the space tourists were able to experience a few minutes of weightlessness. >> as soon as we got above 100,000 feet, you saw the sky getting darker, and it turned to pitch black. it was just gorgeous. >> i wanted to do somersaults and was taken back by the view. it's -- you can't put it into words. you just have to see it.

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final preparations are under way for the grammy awards. this is a look inside mgm grand garden arena where the event will be held. there will be live performances along with a live audience. it was delayed after a spike in new covid cases. you can watch the 64th annual grammy awards here on cbs and on paramount plus. on the cbs "money watch" now, why there's a recall of some skippy peanut butter, and you can get a hug from mickey mouse again. diane king hall is in new york. i feel like i need one of those actually, diane.odng, anarie highpen e ki off aewting to a month after wall street wrapped up its worst performing quarter since the pandemic started two years ago. now yesterday the dow jones industrials tumbled some 550 points. the nasdaq skidded 221, and the s&p 500 fell 72. today it is all eyes on the jb market when the labor department releases its monthly jobs report.

economists are predicting that nearly half a million jobs were added in march. more than 81 tons of skippy peanut butter are under recall over contamination concerns. the products seen on your screen have best if used by dates of early may, 2023, indicated at the top of the lid. the company is concerned the jars may contain small fragments of stainless steel from a piece of manufacturing equipment. so far no injuries have been reported. target is gearing up to start accepting food stamp payments for online orders. the nation's second biggest retailer is joining walmart and amazon by letting customers use s.n.a.p. benefits to pay for their online food and beverage orders. now about 42 million americans use the supplemental nutrition assistance program. some target locations already accept ebt payments in store. and disney world fans can soon hug it out. after two years of social

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say they are truly sorry for his diagnosis. we're learning new details about what was happening behind the scenes of sunday's oscars it on the sge and slaed chrisrock. oscar producer will packard told abc news that los angeles police were on site and offered to arrest smith for battery and were prepared to do so, but rock was dismissive of the idea and refused to press charges. meantime, the academy has been meeting to decide what disciplinary actions to take against smith. and the band red hot chili peppers cemented their places in history. the rockers have a star on the hollywood walk of fame. the band members were there yesterday to celebrate the unveiling, and some of them remembered how they walked that stretch as teenagers, only dreaming of someday maybe seeing their name there. >> we started off playing dive bars up and down this street and making a handful of people dance and come to life. but as time went on, you know, we stuck together as a team and

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our top stories this morning -- russia and ukraine will resume peace talks today as the fighting rages on, including over the border in russia. a russian official says two ukrainian military helicopters crossed the border at low altitude and struck a nearby fuel storage facility. this morning russian troops left the heavily contaminated chernobyl nuclear site after handing control back to ukraine. and in an attempt to combat rising gas prices, president biden ordered the release of one million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve for six months. producon in the u.

ascongre to im financl penaies on a gas anat lse public lands but are not producing. well, the house committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol has interviewed jared kushner. he becomes the first member of the trump family to talk to the committee. here's skyler henry. >> reporter: jared kushner sat for a virtual hearing with the committee investigating the january 6th assault on the u.s. capitol. kushner was returning from an overseas trip at the time of the attack, but committee members believe he may still have relevant testimony. committee chairman bennie thompson said, "you didn't have to be in washington to know what was going on. i don't think anybody would not say he would have some knowledge of the plans around what would occur." >> hi, everyone -- >> reporter: the white house says president biden will not assert executive privilege for kushner's testimony. >> the president has spoken to the fact that january 6 was one of the darkest days in our country's history, and we must

have a full accounting of what happened to ensure that it never occurs again. >> reporter: the same is true for kushner's wife, ivanka trump. the committee is negotiating for her testimony. the january 6th committee is also looking to bring in ginny thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas following revelations that she worked with the trump white house to try to overturn the election. cbs news obtained texts between thomas and white house chief of staff mark meadows showing coordination including this one just after the election saying, "do not concede. it takes time for the army who is gathering for his back." house speaker nancy pelosi is among many democrats calling for thomas to recuse himself from cases involving the january 6th assault. >> if your wife is an admitted and proud contributor to a coup of our company, maybe you should weigh that in your ethical standards. >> reporter: thomas was the sole

justice to rule against the national archives releasing trump white house documents to the january 6th committee. skyler henry, cbs news, capitol hill. coming up on "cbs mornings," an update on complaints of false arrests by customers of the car rental company hertz. anna werner shows how lawmakers are putting pressure on hertz for answers. and a look at the 64th annual grammy awards. anthony mason has a preview. and tools to help you save money. apps aimed at cutting costs on groceries and gas. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend.