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president, not george w. bush, his father. i'm christine romans, this is "early start." just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. >> i'm 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are we going to enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house. our value went -- >> jim, tha...

this hour as a police standoff unfolds in california. this is believed to be connected to the mass shooting in monterey, california, that killed ten and left ten injured. the suspect is an asian male. armed and dangerous. witnesses say people in a dance studio celebrating the lunar new year when shots rang out. natasha chen joins me from california. what more are we learning? >> reporter: jim, a law enforcement source tells josh campbell it is related to the investigation into this shooting that happened in monterey park a couple blocks away from where we are. behind is a fbi mobile ...

Thousands across the upper midwest. this is video just in from minnesota. department of transportation showing us what it is like to be behind the wheel there. snowfall records broken in places like portland, salt lake city, seeing over 15 inches . and an incredibly rare for the mountains in los angeles county, first since 1989. a iz mr. blizzard in l.a. count. chad myers, 1 00 degree temperature swing. >> it was 98 degrees in mcallen texas, but 9 below in montana. more record highs across the east coast today, more record lows across the west. billings not below zero. and the snow and ice for...

Here, we have some live images taking place right now. it looks as though law enforcement personnel have -- have gone up to the side of this van and they are going to go into this van or attempt to go into this van. juliette, this appears to be the end game in all of this. l.a. count sheriff's department are ready to wrap this up. >> yes. let's hope and once again remind everyone we're on delay. no one is in threat. we're not going to see gunfire live here we go. >> they're smashing the window. >> yeah. they have a robot do this. they would not have put these men in -- it is all men there harm...