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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...

All right. your romans numeral this morning. 2, 2% is the fed's target inflation rate. right now it's 6.4 annually, though. the feds' painful rate hikes over the year is to cool that economy to the target of 2%. the fed fourls think inflation could stay subornly high until the job market starts to simmer down. right now, the job market is boiling hot. friday, four days from today, we'll find out if the labor market is still cooking with gas. it will be critical for the markets. looking at markets around the world, asian shares opposed mix. europe, mixed. wall street, stock futures mixed here. ...