these attacks against major american artery that effect major supply chains. lawrence: rebecca, how do we look on the world stage? what are our allies saying behind the scenes with this going on? you know, allies are always going to have a hard time when the united states doesn t lead, isn t clear, isn t direct and doesn t have the clear position. even if the united states takes positions they don t agree with they want american strength. president biden, decades in foreign policy he talked a big game about being tough on our adversaries, he needs to find it and find it quickly. lawrence: talk is cheap. you have actually got to be about it rebekah, thank you for your perspective. thank you. lawrence: time to get some weather and check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our weather forecast. janice, i tried to play weather man and i looked and it may be raining here? januaryian maybe a little bit later. for now it s dry.