a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas s attack on israel hasn t hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard s president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been test
Retaliatory measures. Thats the latest. Tim barber, abc7 news. Jonathan we are an hour in the recent ceasefire if the syria civil war. I took effect midnight at local time. Brokered by russia and turkey that supports opposite sides in the war. If the ceasefire holds it will be followed by the peace talks in afghanistan that will take place next month. The 6yearold war has left a quarter of a Million People dead. And triggered refugee crisis across europe they have not seen since world war ii. Michelle tonight, a sheriffs deputy is in Critical Condition after he was shot on marylands eastern shore. Queen annes Deputy Warren scott hogan responded to Domestic Violence call overnight in chestertown. He escorted the woman in the house to get her belongings. That is when the homeowner 52yearold james rich accused of firing a shotgun at hogan hitting him in the abdomen. Ho rich. It goes to show you never know from day today. Something routine can turn into something horrible. Michelle hogan i
Weve got video from frederick county, frederick, maryland, about 6 00 a. M. Our transportation reporter, adam tuss, spent the morning on the road, describing the precipitation, as a slushy mix. We want to find out now, what things are looking like. And what we can expect in the coming hours. With storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper. As you can see on the radar for the most part were completely dry across the area. Some light showers back around winchester, west of i81. Cant rule out an isolated shower this afternoon in the district. Mainly around 2 00 p. M. But its all about the winds that are going to pick up. Temperatures now well above freezing in the upper 30s and 40s. 44 in washington, 39 in frederick and frederick and Washington Counties the only two areas this morning where im getting reports of light snow and sleet causing slushy sidewalks and parking lots. Everybody else just dealing with wet roads morning hours. Its all about the increasing winds this afternoon. Ill have
Backside. This is where some of the diplomats and staffers live. Some of these diplomats, presumably, are among those going to be expound from this country as the president maeks goods to retaliation for russian hacking. Lets show you video of the front side. This is in response to the Cyber Attacks and hacking affecting the 2016 election and the aggressive harassment of diplomats in russia. The president also saying the u. S. Is going to provide Corporate America and Cyber Network defenders critical information to stop and guard against russias malicious activity. Lets show you video of the compound on the eastern shore. The president is shutting down two russian compounds. Including the one on the eastern shore. The 45acre compound was bought by the soviet union in 1972. Its been used apparently as a vacation and retreat location for Russian Diplomats and staffers. They have until noon tomorrow to get out. We have seen cars with u. S. Government tags there at the compound. Its water
Intelligence services and their top two officials. Two off u. S. Intelligence determinedmi that they actually ran thatha computer hacking operation and remember, those Cyber Attackstt of the democratic nationalatna Committee Headquarters ins i washington leaked internal emails embarrassed hillaryhiary Clintons Campaign and forcedore the dnc chair woman to quitan tq her post during the democraticut convention. In addition to those sanctions t 35 Russian Diplomats who work wk at the Russian Embassy here inin washington or the russian russi consulate in San Francisco san o they tonight have beene bee expelled. They have and their and the families three days now to to leave the united states. Tates. Also as of noon friday ay russian compound in maryland mal and new york have been ordered closed. Cl and despite donaldos trumpsru calls that you heard to moveov on, many people we talked toalkt today here in washington say s they support president obamas a actions tonight. Tight i think we sho