one in new york. yor president obama has given russia until noon today to leave the compound. on thursday, when the newsnhe came out, president obama saidai all americans should be be alarmed by russia s actions aio and in a bold step the white house hand down a set of punishments for russia targeting the spy agencies andgd diplomats that the u.s. says thy were trying meddle in the i recent presidential election. now the stasidete dntepartment n also kicking out 35 russian rsi diplomats and their families f from the embassy here as i i just mentioned and we re toldred that they have 72 hours to hourt leave the country and the move also freezes their u.s. assets t and blocks americans from doing business with russia. rusi russia denies the hacking hki allegations but just now we we heard from the russian foreign minister proposing to expel 35 3 u.s. diplomats in response totsp the sanctions over the allegeded election hacks and closing twono facilities in moscow in i response
and they all live here at the t russian embassy. embsy the state department says theyty were given 72 hours to leaveoea the country.oury it s been pretty quiet.et. we did see a family of four ofo leaving the gates early thisatee morning but it s unclear ifleari they are among those expelled. now, as of this morning thehe embassy has not released a statement. president obama says allsays all americans should be alarmed by russia s action. aio he specifically targetedte russian spy agencies andgencies diplomats that the u.s. sayshats were trying meddle in the recent presidential election federal officials are set shutting down two compounds in maryland and new york. president obama has given them from noon until todaylandama ta those compounds. the move freezes assets andetan blocks americans from doingrom g business with russia.ne with rua russia denies the hackingking allegations and this morning thg the country is hinting retaliation.liat is proposing to expel 35 u.s. 3. dip
replacement for it.t. the director of the national intelligence jamesnce a clapper says he s spoken topokeo donald trump about the unsubstantiated report thatt claims russia has compromisingpg personal and financialrsonnd f information about the president-elect. g theing thetin intelligence community has notnn decided whether the document t is actually reliable.iabl the white house also weighing wh in chastising thehasting president-elect forident-t fo criticizing the intelligenceg tc community and its leaders.ity an trump had earlier likened the actions of intelligencef in officials to nazi germany. senate confirmationonfirmatio hearings continues on capitol hill con ftior thief president-t trump s cabinet nominees. nin there was unprecedented testimony yesterday during senator jeff sessions hearingsa for attorney general. sitting new jersey senatorenat cory booker testified againstedt sessions.sess. booker said he was concerned about senator session s civil rights back
pretrial hearing.al hring he shot and killed his wife at a their daughter s high school sch in prince george s county backeo in may. he isrge the n accused of going on o a shooting rampage the next next day in montgomery countymery cy killing two people in separatese shootings. lcapihilnight on capitol hil for lawmakers just before 1:30 a.m., literally just a fewt f hours ago, the republican led l senate voted to officiallyfficiy launch its effort to repeal repa and replace the affordableorda care act. care act. the senate approved theroved t measure in a nearly party linee vote of 51-48. 51-48 it will keep democrats fromtsro being able to filibusteribus future repeal legislation.l le the house plans to vote on these measure tomorrow.e tomoow. there s word some republicansom in congress are apprehensivehe about setting the repealepeal effort in motion without aut better idea of the replacement plan.plan and new questions thisnshi morning on just who leaked lea watch the di
good thursday morning toth you, i m allison seymour.ur and i m steve chenevey.sd m e welcome to fox5 news morning. mg let s get right to thes get breaking news now from baltimore.balt six children may be trapped inpp the rubble of a home thatomth collapsed in northeast d.c.eastc after it went up in flames overnight. five people already have been a sent to the hospital.lrea to th right now crews are waiting on o a crane to lift layers oft laye debris where they believeelve those six children may be b trapped. the call to firefighters camefic in overnight.rn of those who went to theto the hospital one woman and two womad children are in critical condition. a third child is in serious condition.ndit one firefighter with minorinor injuries.es that s all we know right now. rw we ll certainly share moreor information as soon as itt comes in.n. now to what was breaking wase news on capitol hill ovnight.t. senate republicans have taken their first step towardsards repeeling oba