today the us is sending this alleged russian spy back to moscow. maria bettina will be deported to russia after serving 15 months in a florida prison. her lawyer confirming two ice agents will be escorting her home. and pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to act, infiltrating conservative groups on orders from the kremlin. todd: tulsi gabbard proving how committed she is to the race to the white house. at this time when our country is so divided and our world is moving closer to nuclear holocaust, at this time when we may be sucked into an even more disastrous war in the middle east i believe i conservatives your president and commander-in-chief. todd: gabbard announcing she s not running for reelection to congress, focusing on her
heather: the russian lawyer for an american accused of spying in russia has applied for bail. paul whalen, retired marine, is detained in moscow. employer says he plans to plead not guilty, he hopes he can be swapped for a russian currently behind bars in america. neither the russian or the us made any suggestion of an exchange but his case follows closely on the heels of maria bettina, a russian activist who pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal foreign agent. the us army chief of staff making a surprise visit to afghanistan. general mark mele meeting with afghan president in kabul to discuss sending the 17 year war. he says he supports afghan led talks with the taliban despite refusing direct talks with the
this is a fox news alert, lawyers for donald trump s former national security pfizer michelson asking a judge to spare him present time asking probation and community service, flynn has taken responsibility for his, quote, and characteristic error in judgment, pled guilty to lying about conversations about the transition. go with the russian ambassador. the council recommended a sentence including jail time because of helpful cooperation. 30-year-old maria bettina will plead guilty is an unregistered foreign agent tomorrow including a promise to cooperate with us prosecutors, she stand accused of seeking unofficial lines of communication with americans having influence and power in american politics for the benefit of the russian federation. to make in roads with the nra and activists.
lawmakers are so eager to act on the senate side to because the intelligence implicating certain saudis in the murder is so strong. house leaders want to see that intel, they will tomorrow morning, and then they will decide if they want to take further action. bret: thank you. search and rescue operations have stopped off the coast of japan. the u.s. military declared the five missing crewmembers dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week. that brings the death toll of this accident up to six. one survivor is in stable condition tonight. japanese prime minister shinzo abe sent message of condolences to president trump, the cause remains under investigation. u.s. prosecutors allege maria bettina is a russian spy. vladimir putin says he never heard of her, but today she accepted the plea deal with an agreement to cooperate.
be of interest to russia. martha: .of course is what spies try to do. remember anna chapman? who even kind of looks a little bit like maria butina and the ring of russian spies who were caught back in 2010. their story was the basis for the series the americans. coauthor of russian roulette, michael, welcome back to the program. if you wrote about maria butina in your book. were you surprised to hear that she had been arrested? not really. maria bettina is how it s pronounced. martha: thank you. she has been on my radar screen and a number of others for quite some time. during the 2016 campaign she kept showing up at various events. she was photographed with governor walker at an nra event shortly after he announced. and also, and we do write about this in russian roulette, just a