Russian state television saying i am recommending to the kremlin these 35 american diplomats are expect pelled sa for tat response and putin stood up and made a statement saying im not going to do that, its the holiday season, i wont create more problems for american diplomats, no one is going to be expelled and he went on to offer that extend that invitation to the children of u. S. Diplomats here in moscow to be entertained at the kremlin, effectively, by celebrations for the new year here. He used this as an opportunity to reach across the Obama Administration which is in the last few weeks of its term and talk directly to the Trump Administration and say, look, were going to build a better relationship and if were going to build one it will be on the basis of the policies of donald trump when he becomes president so that was a significant, i think, move by Vladimir Putin, the russian leader. Matthew chance, thank you so much. Joining me right now, a man who has been inside one of t
Leaving almost 40 people dead. A citys celebration ending and mourning while man hunt ensues. Well get to politics in a moment. We begin this hour with the first terror attack of 2017. Brand new video of the man who opened fire inside of a crowded istanbul nightclub killing 39 people last night. Right now a man hunt is under way for this person seen in the video. First he shot a Police Officer right outside he was guarding the front gate and walked inside and quickly unleashed fire on the party goers inside creating an absolute blood bath. Club goers were panicked. Some jump into the frigid waters trying to escape. We now know 69 people are hospitalized. Among them was a u. S. Citizen who was wounded. I got shot in the [ bleep ] leg. These crazy people came in shooting everything. I dont know. I saw one person. Theyre shooting. Im hiding. No person, no group yet claiming responsibility for the attack. Sara is in istanbul with the details. Law enforce spent the entire first day of 2017
President elect trumps policies are toward russia before taking any action. This all started when president obama took the unprecedented steps of punishing russia for alleged hacking. Ordering 35 Russian Diplomats to leave the u. S. Within 72 hours. Two russian compounds have been ordered closed. Four individuals and five russian organizations now sanctioned. So far what were hearing from president elect trump, move on. Saying its time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Our team covering the diplomatic fallout from d. C. To moscow. We begin with Cnn Senior International correspondent matthew chance. Matthew, a simple question here, what is russia up to here . Why not retaliate, thats been the long traditional history . It has. But this is an astonishing bit of political theater, classic putin. Basically we saw earlier today the Russian Foreign minister appeared very solemnly on Russian State Television saying he was recommending to the kremlin that 35 u. S. Diploma
Club goers panicked. Some raced outside and jumped into the frigid waters, trying to escape. 70 people are hospitalized. A u. S. Citizen is among the wounded. I got shot in the [ bleep ] leg, man. Crazy people came in, shooting everything. I saw one person shooting. Im hiding. No group has claimed responsibility yet for the attack. Sarah sidner is live for us tonight in istanbul. Sar sarah, before we get to the details of the investigation, i want the latest on the victims. What are we hearing . I know dozens and dozens of people were hospitalized. Right. And at this point, 69 people were injured in this incident. Now, we know some of the makeup of those who were killed. 24 of the 39 people were foreign nationals who died in this massacre. It gives you some idea of what this club was like. It really did bring east and west together, just like istanbul, with one side belonging to asia and the other side belonging to europe. And this club was filled with people from all over the world, i
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