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all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm 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. cnn's scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what are the chances the ukrainians will be able to turn this around? and if they can't, does that mea...

top of the hour. thank you for joining us in this cnn newsroom. i'm erica hill. >> i'm 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 scene there in ohio, and i understand, jason, that the ntsb investigators are going to be headed to th...

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 criminal probes. ron desantis on the road teasing a possible run, and a former republican governor who is...

from last month's 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. we'll bring you details on what happened. and jurors who convicted alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son are speaking out. >> i didn't think he was crying. he turned it on and off, yeah. it wasn't genuine. >> do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? >> i think he did. >> we begin in atlanta where nearly three dozen people were detained after a chaotic clash between police ...

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. they're trapped and running out of food. we'll have a live report on rescue operations under way right now. today the battle lines for the 2024 republican nomination are being more clearly than we've seen to date, setting up what may be a long and nasty fight for the republica...