The russian government to murder a british citizen and also his daughter, the officials said this is something that cannot go unanswered. The white house says the president ordered the closure of the consulate in seattle because its close to a u. S. Submarine base and also boeing, the company which does quite a lot of business with the u. S. Department of defense. They have offices and factories in the state of washington. The 60 Russian Diplomats and their families have seven days to leave the u. S. All have been using the cover of a diplomat to engage in intelligence activities and spy on americans. This president knows what is right on the International Stage and how to deal with russia. When we need them to defeat isis or terrorism, he works with them. When they do things like in england with the poisoning of that individual, we sanction them. We stand up against them when we need to. Of the 60 russians expelled, 48 are at the russian embassy. Similar actions have taken place in eu
On russia when it is in our interests to do so and when its in our interests to work with russia, well do that as well. This president has not softened or weakened any position that barack obama had on russia and, in fact, hes gone much further. Harris washington correspondent rich edson has more from the state department. Rich . Reporter good evening, harris. The United States and allies are expelling more than 100 Russian Diplomats from their country. Here in the United States, the Administration Says these russian diplomat, 60 of them, and their family, have a week to leave the country. A dozen are located in part of the United Nations mission in new york, 48 are part of russias diplomatic relationship with the u. S. Senior Administration Officials say the diplomats were involved in intelligence operations in the United States. The administration is also giving russia one week to close its consulate in seattle. Trump Administration Officials say they chose seattle because its near a
We dont have him yet. Were gonna go to our first guest. Dan crenshaw. Dan crenshaw, youre the republican candidate for the 2nd district of texas which is in houston. Thanks for making the trip here. The caravan is moving north. We were talking right before the show. They are actually going to demand entry into the United States. Is it too much for the president to be warning people about the dangers of this . Its definitely not too much. When you have 5,000 and 7,000 people demanding entry. Thats what theyre doing, demanding entry. It hurts the case for legal immigrants. In texas we have a relationship between latinos and tech san. My stepmother is a legal immigrant. We all know and are friends with or have family that has legally immigrated. This hurts the case for them when you have thousands of people demanding entry. Its not sustainable either. Its not sustainable from a security perspective, our education system, our health care systems. This has to be enforced. I dont think its u
Development today, matt. Reporter this grand jury that indicted Jussie Smollett could not be any more clear. They say justice is not served and this city is still owed an apology. Talking to city officials in the hours after this hoax, people were telling fox news that they felt this attack was a scam and that this city was being duped and robbed of precious time, money and resources. Theres even more anger. Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts of lying to police. He was scheduled to be back in court in april then suddenly this morning there was an emergency hearing. Prosecutors filed a no prop motion which basically means they want to no longer prosecute. A judge honored that motion. Jussie smolletts case will be expunged and he forefitted 10,000 initial bail that he paid to get out of jail. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson doubled down on his assertion that his investigators determined that Jussie Smollett paid brother 3500 to carry out this hoax. I asked smolletts ch
He landed in palm beach. He talked about the seed of isis and talked about his nomination to the Federal Reserve board. He did not talk about the Mueller Report specifically. However, this morning as he departed the white house, he said like the rest of us, he does not know when the report will be complete, but insisted he has done nothing wrong. Well see what happens. It will be very interesting. Well see what happens. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. Everybody knows it. Its all a big hoax. I call it the witch hunt. Its all a big hoax. So well see what happens. I know that the attorney general highly respected, ultimately will make a decision. Reporter were expecting to hear from the president any minute now, as he is set to kick off a meeting with caribbean leaders to discuss a number of issues, including venezuela. After he landed here in palm beach, the president tweeted a bit of news as well, saying it was announced today by the u. S. Treasury that additional larg