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♪ very good wednesday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country's most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political -- >> sorry, go ahead. >> it's all yours. >> plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot...

the entire memphis police department after the brutal beating of tyre nichols. plus, the man behind the decision to shoot suspicious balloons out of the sky testifying on capitol hill. congress is demanding some answers today to a long list of questions about how all of that went down. also, what we're learning from the wife of one of the four americans kidnapped in mexico, as her husband is being treated in a texas hospital. and trip delayed, the massive protests in israel, so big, so disruptive, the u.s. defense secretary just pushed back his planned trip. our nbc news reporter...

and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, moments of terror for passengers on a united airlines flight after a man allegedly attacked a flight attendant and attempted to open an emergency exit. more on this and a string of unsettling article incidents ahead. in ohio, investigators have gun looking into a second norfolk southern train crash, we will discuss what went wrong and what needs to happen to make rail systems safer. plus, kidnapped in mexico, cnn learned the identities of the four americans taken at gunpoint as the fbi asked the public for help finding them. live from cnn cent...

top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." good to have you along. i'm victor blackwell. >> the fbi is searching for four americans assaulted and kidnapped in mexico. we are getting new video of the attack into cnn but we want to warn you, it is disturbing. you can see people being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by armed men. it is unclear if they are americans. >> according to the fbi shortly after the group of u.s. citizens drove across the border friday, the car crashed with another vehicle and they were taken at gunpoint. authorities believe that they were not the intended target...

Recent storm, plus up to 8 inches of new rain, and that's got a lot of people worried. nbc's niala charles has more from the hard hit mountains of san bernardino. how worried are they there? >> right now there's an avalanche warning on a ten-mile stretch of the mountain. that's what officials are monitoring closely as more rain could be expected by friday. so right here i'm at one of the only places in crest line residents are able to get food and water thanks to the nonprofit kitchen center and also mcdonald's here giving that food for free. the past two weeks, chris, have been a grueling pro...