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
questions. then after this goes on for pages and pages and pages and pages, in it s supposed to be the middle of the proceedings, he and his lawyer just get up and walk out. here a little section of it clark s lawyer quote i will say for maybe the fifth or sixth time we re engaging in legal argument on the points in the deposition. if you want to engage in legal argument in letters or court filings we re happy to do that but we re not doing it in this deposition. so i think we have you know, reached an impasse. congressman jamie rascon well i have two follow-up questions jeff clark then jumps in. i would say we have not reached an impasse. but for today, i think that we re done. clark s lawyer, we re done. jeff clark. yeah. clarng s lawyer. we re done for the day. congressman rascon. well, i just want to follow up on this question about attorney client privilege. who is the attorney and who is the client covered by the attorney client privrmg here? clark s lawyer, it s asked and
attacked us? do the matt, imam. now, if you would state, if you would state, imam, that the center is being built to condemn jihad to announce that muslim extreme is evil, then i would pick up a hammer and help you build and so would everybody else. but that s not the stated intent. all we hear about is tolerance and as talking points said last night that should swing both ways. when a muslim clarng announces to the world that members of his own religion might kill people because of opposition to a mosque, there is a problem. when a published cartoon leads to violence, there is a problem. that s what americans are objecting to. the continuing threat from muslim fanatic who will use any excuse to murder innocent human being beings. if imam rauf and all other good muslim leaders would unite against that threat, there would knob mosque controversy or need for tolerance because we would all be in it together. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction to the imam and to t
attacked us? do the matt, imam. now, if you would state, if you would state, imam, that the center is being built to condemn jihad to announce that muslim extreme is evil, then i would pick up a hammer and help you build and so would everybody else. but that s not the stated intent. all we hear about is tolerance and as talking points said last night that should swing both ways. when a muslim clarng announces to the world that members of his own religion might kill people because of opposition to a mosque, there is a problem. when a published cartoon leads to violence, there is a problem. that s what americans are objecting to. the continuing threat from muslim fanatic who will use any excuse to murder innocent human being beings. if imam rauf and all other good muslim leaders would unite against that threat, there would knob mosque controversy or need for tolerance because we would all be in it together. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction to the imam and to t