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all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, im christine romans. this is "early start." we begin with ukrainian forces struggling to hold on in the eastern city of bakhmut, as russian troops close in from three sides. ukrainian officials say the situation in bakhmut has grown much tougher. they say their forces may need to retreat to avoid being trapped by encircling russians. cnns scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what...

top of the hour. thank you for joining us in this cnn newsroom. im erica hill. >> im jim chsciutto. the ntsb investigators are headed back to ohio. they have more concerns after a new crash there. >> and now, there is a police training facility where there was protesters who set a vehicle on fire and there was a clash there. and we will look at the look next of former president trump and governor desantis as they head to ohio this week. and we go to jason carroll who is on the scen...

frustration and fatigue building as food and other supplies are running low for families trapped by as much as 12 feet of snow. the national guard going door to door, checking on residents, offering relief. demarco morgan from the san bernardino mountain and rob marciano with the forecast. the race for 2024 kicking into gear. former president donald trump making his pitch for the nomination, telling followers i am your retribution, promising to stay in the race despite multiple crimi...

from last months derailment in east palestine. and right now the fbi offering a reward for the return of four americans believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico. well bring you details on what happened. and jurors who convicted alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son are speaking out. >> i didnt think he was crying. he turned it on and off, yeah. it wasnt genuine. >> do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? >> i think he did. >> we begi...

today, there are no reports of any toxic chemical spills, but lots of questions about how in the world this happened again. what started out as a wild weather story has quickly turned into a life-threatening disaster. scores of california residents penned in by literal walls of snow more than six feet high. theyre trapped and running out of food. well have a live report on rescue operations under way right now. today the battle lines for the 2024 republican nomination are being mor...

good to be with you, im katy tur. anything you can do, i can do better. that is the message ron desantis, not so subtly sent to donald trump at the reagan library this weekend. >> its been four years, you didnt see our administration leaking like a sieve. you didnt see a lot of drama or palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical precision, execution. day after day after day. and because we did that, we beat the left day after day after day. >> it is also the message he will be sending ...

hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. im fredricka whitfield and we begin with another norfolk southern derailment in ohio. two miles away from east palestine, the site of the toxic smil one month ago. 20 cars came off the track early saturday evening. nearby residents wither temporarily asked to shelter in place out of an abundance of caution and that order lifted early this morning. norfolk southern officials say there were no hazardous materials on board. still, haz...

Russia and eiran that is so disturbing to many. >> and so, we will ask them to help with some of the backing they have received. if you are in this country, you would be very concerned about it, and they are. so this relationship is very troubling, and one that we need to keep an eye on, and discourage it from going forward. >> so he wants to watch this partn partnership, and discontinue it from going larger. >> we understand that there is a pair of ukrainian pilots here in the u.s. for a famili...

>> well, this is interesting, because it was said that it is a familiarization event of the ukrainian pilots to get them aware with the systems, and better of course, their better their aircraft in ukraine, but the official who testify congress next week, and very expensive and very important to get to them. >> thank you, natasha bertrand. happening now, the ukrainian forces are on the brink of capturing city of balkmut. >> josh rogen has a piece of looking at the cluster munitions, and the re...

Thats put ukrainian supply lines in jeopardy and brought the possibility of a ukrainian withdrawal even closer. the mercenaries russia paid to fight its wars are in need of a win after more than a year with little success. a battleground visit. but putins forces have been significantly degraded in this fight and the towns and cities beyond bakhmut are more heavily fortified. the real prize for russia, control of the entire donbas, is nowhere close. speculation is growing over western plans to pr...