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Power. Unlikely allies, Liz Cheney hitting the road with vp Kamala Harris, taking her pitch to the birthplace of the Republican Party. Also ahead, Helenes Aftermath, the president heading back to the southeast to view more damage as the Storms Death Toll climbs again. And israels deepest strikes into lebanon yet. This as israel prepares to respond to the Missile Barrage from iran. Good morning, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from ne...

Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy that includes determination to possess “counterstrike" capability to preempt enemy attacks and double its spending to gain a more offensive footing and improve its resilience to protect itself from growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.

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A -- describes russia as a state sponsor of terror. is president biden considering a designation for russia? >> well, i dont speak for the white house anymore, so i wont speak for -- >> its been 15 minutes. were they before you left? >> they have said that thats on the table, but i will say, one of the things that you get used to when youre in the white house is that people will always seize on policies that, if the white house just provided, say, this arms capability to the ukrainians, that wou...

>> martha: going back to john kirby as promised and more on whats going on the ground in ukraine. >> the idea of carving ukraine up, i cant speak to that specifically. it is entirely also possible that what theyre doing in the east could be an effort to fix ukrainian armed forces in that eastern region so that they cant come to the defense of others. again, they have not achieved success in the major population centers to date that we see them trying to move on. tony? >> you mentioned that the r...

0 tending to them. >> john: babies are being born in the shelters as well. and moldova doesnt like whats going on because of the russian forces there and on to the baltics, which are also under threat. >> sandra: good to be with you, john. im sandra smith. >> john: im john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks very much, john and sandra. good afternoon. im martha maccallum. heres whats breaking right now on this huge story. were about to get a live update from the ...

Tweeted about expabdinding the nations nuclear capabilities. >> the president-elect said what? >> let it be an arms race. we will outmatch them at every pass. >> and outlast them all? >> vladimir putin said the kremlin is not looking for an arms race, but it is trying to build arms capability of getting through missile defenses. tammy liner is in hawaii traveling with president obama throughout the holidays. tammy, how is president obama responding to this? >> reporter: good morning. you know, t...