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 mean russia is back on the offensive. so, christine, good morning. it really depends on who you ask. because last week there were plenty of indications that the ukrainians may in fact be forced to withdraw from that area. a drone reconnaissance university has been ordered to retreat from the area. you also had a key bridge by the russians kiting off the ukrainians final supply routes in and out. a
another scary moment in the air. it is monday, we re glad you re with us. good morning, everyone. we begin with what you just saw, a southwest flight taking a terrifying turn. the cabin filling with smoke. we ll tell what you forced that plane to make an emergency landing. also new, a violent group of protesters stormed the construction site of a proposed meese and firefighter training senter in atlanta. what s behind the demonstrations. plus watch what you say. words hurt. you know, anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face. perhaps the vevent of the weekend, chris rock finally addressing what happened with him and will smith on that oscar stage. he comes out swinging. we ll get to that in a moment. we begin with protesters attacking the future site of a training facility that happened in atlanta last night. this is video capturing the moments that hundreds of protest ez swarmed the construction site wearing camouflage and masks. they threw
welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: happy halloween. dana: happy halloween. bill: tomorrow is all saints day. i was in my office and i never wore it before. dana: we didn t coordinate well today. bill: maybe i should have gone black. i m bill hemmer good morning. kemp and abrams trying to persuade undecideds, making last night s debate a critical opportunity for abrams, one last chance to change the perception that momentum is not on her side. kemp holds a sizeable lead in the polling ahead by about eight points. here is what they had to say last night. people s salaries are not going up but not fast enough to keep up with joe biden s inflation. he refuses to defend us but defended herschel walker. he doesn t mind being involved in the medical choices of women in georgia. dana: trying to tie him to herschel walker in the senate race. aishah hosni ahead with a deep dive into the georgia senate race. jeff mason from reuters join
this where are my pants but als just does politics make people are you people talk politics. is the really the chicken at a question. nobody wants to feet, nancy or joe or beto for breakfast. first there is beto, an unemployed and unemployed caree politician, he had up press conference a day after that texas for shooting him only to grandstand for political reasons this guy is the political in speak of full pot combined. sit down. you are out of line. you are doing nothing. your offering nothing. this is totally predictable. you are out of line. sir, you are out of line. or sir, you are out of line. you see, beta data was freeloader. he could have been a personal injury lawyer but he lacked integrity. he saw a horrible event and sai how can i benefit from this as you know, he s running for governor of texas after failing that before. and feeling a bunch of things including his friday test. the only thing doesn t fail at is making an of himself. so yesterday he puts on
does slide to the alleghenies, to the catskills, the poconos, and parts of i-95 in the morning hours so that could slow down the commute for sure. this is not a major storm. this is 1 to 2, to 4 inches of snow across the entire area. temperatures across the north are going to be colder than normal. down across the south, ridiculous, ridiculous more high temperatures again. 3,000 record high temperatures expected by the end of the week. think of atlanta, georgia, all 80 degrees again today. i did my gardening this weekend. i have my chives, my mint and my rosemary, all in the ground, all ready to go. oh that sounds delightful. i m not there yet, i ve got five more weeks here and deer to contend. nice to see you, chad myers. thank you. thanks for joining us, i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now.