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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 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 ....
we begin this hour with waco, texas, the fight of donald trump s first official rally of the presidential campaign. overshadowing the possibility of criminal indictment. coming from separate investigations in manhattan. in georgia and in washington d.c.. now it is no surprise that trump continues to pacey triples investigations through nothing more than political reporting for nbc news jonathan allen writes, quote, trump s [inaudible] government run conspiracies launched with power and freedom. he s been really against government officials investigating him, with an increasingly dark warning about will happen if he is charged. trump s attacking the investigation continuing even after, even after nbc or someone sent death threats to the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. he s investigating alleged flush stormy daniels 2016 election. [inaudible] discussed trump s social media post attacking brag with reverend al sharpton. [inaudible] he posted it. answer t ....
griff: took the jury less than three hours to convict him of the murder of his wife and son. ainsley: charles watson is outside of the court house in walter borough, south carolina. what is the latest? what are you expecting this morning will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole when alec murdaugh is sentenced behind me this morning for the murders of his wife maggie and son paul. after thursday s verdict alec was remanded almost immediately and let out ever the cool tan county courthouse he is staring at 30 years to life in prison after the jury came back guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. scene of the murders after voice was caught snapchat video moments of before his wife and son were killed. son buster sat a few rows behind him with a deflated look on his face. his lawyers tried to throw a hail mary with a request for a mistrial lack of evidence. judge newman thought oth ....
former president donald trump officially kicking off his 2024 campaign with his first rally in waco, texas. that is expected to get underway at any minute. do not worry. we will not be bringing it to you live. tonight s event comes after a tough week for trump, as a multiple criminal investigations have been intensifying. learning his top aides will be forced to testify against him, trump exploded. on friday, a federal judge ruled ex chief of staff mark meadows and many other trump officials must speak to the grand jury and the january 6th investigation. now, trump is of course expected to appeal that division. meanwhile in new york, manhattan da alvin bragg is receiving hundreds of threats from trump s supporters, notes containing powder minutes ago, on hour ago an hour, downplaying this threat. he claims trump did not share an image of himself waving a baseball bat next to the da s head. i understand it was not his photo. it wasn t an article he re-posted it. ....
she s done and i am grateful for that. tried to tell us, i ve been shouting from the rooftops, he s a con, he s a fraud. todd: brooke astor has more on all of it. brooke. brooke: the lawsuit from james accuses the former president and his family of financial fraud, which includes lying to his lenders and insurers by overvaluing his properties and claims they inflated his net worth. donald trump engaged in years of illegal conduct, claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal, it is the art of the steal. carley: president trump says banks have a responsibility to stakeholders to conduct their own valuation before giving to a business and trump believes this is culmination of years of political targeting. she said we re going to get him, she came after us, we have been going through this years, i was under impression she wanted to settle. how do you pay something if you are not guilty, this is continuation of a witch hunt ....