Its a beautiful celebration. Fireworks, take a closer look at hong kong. Spectacular or what . That was hong kong, manila, philippines, and taipei, taiwan where theyre going into 2017 with an incredible beautiful bang. And of course, well bring you all the new Year Celebrations as they happen. All right, but first were following two major stories. A Vermont Electric company says it has found malware linked to Russian Hackers on a company laptop. Its the same code that government officials believe was used by hackers to meddle in the u. S. Elections. The vermont governor lashing out at russian president Vladmir Putin saying vermonters and all america should be both alarmed and outraged that one of the worlds leading thugs, Vladmir Putin, has been attempting to hack our electric grid which we rely upon to support our quality of life, economy, health and safety. The criticism not hurting the relationship between putin and president elect donald trump. Putin congratulating trump in his ann
For his next move. Cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto has the details on that. Reporter russians vacating compounds shut down by the u. S. Russian president Vladimir Putin, however, dismissing waugss payback. Instead, wishing president obama and his family a happy new year. Saying in a statement, quote, we will not stoop to the level of irresponsible diplomacy. It is a pity that the president Obama Administration finishes its work this way. But nevertheless i congratulate him and his family a happy new year. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov recommended that putin expel 35 diplomats from russia. Translator we cannot let such escapades happen without a response. The Russian Foreign minute stli, together with our colleagues from other departments have made a proposal to declare 31 staff from the embassy of moscow and four diplomats there the general consulate of st. Petersburg as persona non grata. Reporter president putin likely waiting for a far present liar ad
Have the same authority the last guy did. How the judge ruled. Welcome to the lead. Im jim acosta in for jake tapper today. Bewe begin with the world lead, the u. S. Senate taking action against russia for Election Year hacking. The chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee, john mccain, will hold a hearing on Cyber Threats thursday and russian hacking is likely to dominate. The news comes as the clock ticks for Russian Diplomats, suspected spies and their families to get out of the u. S. Today russian president Vladimir Putin announced his response to u. S. Sanctions and it was less tough guy where he is allege bear and more jolly old st. Vlad. Putin announcing hes taking the highroad for now and will not expel american diplomats in response to u. S. Sanctions against russia for hacks targeting the dnc during the 2016 race. He also invited diplomats and their children in russia to christmas and new years shows in the kremlin. President elect trump a short time ago, youve probabl
My love for young and dynamic legislators led me into writing this piece. So permit me to start with a caveat; I am not a member of Labour Party and hold no brief for anyone. Hon. Chimaobi Sam Atu’s first 100 days in office have been a period of significant achievement and progress, marked by […]