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>> i'm amara walker. >> i'm paula reed in for boris sanchez. >> you're live in the cnn newsroom. this morning, more than a million people are without power in the eastern united states, as a deadly storm system continues to move north. over the last 24 hours, at least 12 people were killed in multiple states, due to the severe weather that brought tornadoes and major flooding to parts of the south. the majority of those deaths were in kentucky. where hurricane force winds toppled trees and even toppled tractor-trailer trucks. in indiana, the high winds tore the roof off of a church. ...

Because you write about, you know, a little bit about this winter lull, in "the wall street journal," and in an opinion piece, that the ukrainians should be making the most of it. how? >> well, first of all, i still stand by what i said in "the wall street journal," but we've got to recognize that that equipment that is coming over, this new aid package, will take months to get there. so while they are taking advantage of the winter lull with these defensive operations, this is what we want to see. we want to see them, the ukrainian forces increasing their strength and their capability to cond...