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>> america's military has been stretched thin by disproportionate cuts that have harmed our combat readiness since fiscal year 2013. defense costs have outpaced domestic spending cuts by $85 billion. >> reporter: so mcconnell makes the case that has affected military readiness and must be fixed in a budget agreement. democrats appear eager to flex muscle, noting the republican majority is a little slimmer in the new year, noting that you need 60 yes votes in most cases in the u.s. senate. now republicans only have 51. doug jones and tina smith were sworn in as new u.s. senators earlier this af...

A california man was legally insane when he killed his neighbor in 2013. defense lawyers say mark andrews claims he's a werewolf, and there are documented incidences of psychotic behavior dating back more than 20 years. prosecutors say he confessed to the murder and there's no evidence he was insane at the time of the crime. gregg: the first responding officer who arrived on the scene after a baby was trapped inside a car in a cold utah river is now speaking out calling her survival a miracle. the car was upside down in freezing cold water for 14 long hours. at first, officers could only see t...

Officers ambushed and then shot and killed by a lone gunman back in december. yesterday police lined the streets during his wake. take a look at these pictures. today's ceremony is expected to include traditions from liu's chinese heritage including buddhist monks. >> number two, north korea is slamming the u.s. over the new economic sanctions. an official statement that warns "groundlessly stirring up bad blood toward north korea will harden its will and resolution." washington cracked down concluding that north korea was behind the hack of sony pictures. number three, jury selection in the...

Seen on the screen. he died after u.s. forces attempted to rescue him in yemen. secretary of defense chuck hagel said al qaeda willed him. a second hostage, a south african man was also killed. >> this is the second attempt to rescue somers in just two weeks. he was captured in yemen's capital in september 2013. >> defense secretary hagel said president obama ordered this raid because there was compelling reason to believe that somers life was in imminent danger. this week, the militants released a video threatening to kill somers if washington didn't meet its demands. >> secretary of state jo...

Looking good. a fifth day of concern there among investors on wall street. jon: flirting with out 13,000 barrier. part of the looming fiscal cliff includes a castilian dollars in custom military spending. it is called sequestration. many military experts are concerned about the impact of sudden spending cuts and how it could impact national security. molly henneberg has more on that this morning live from washington. reporter: the cost will be big. the cuts will be large. if we go over that fiscal cliff, that triggers fears of automatic spending cuts, and we are just looking at the defense pie...