four other russians charged with being in touch with western intelligence services. now, the state department is expelling 35 russian officials it says violated their diplomatic status. this after the u.s. claim of interference in the presidential election and harassment of u.s. diplomats overseas. vladimir putin of course a former russian intelligence officer well-acquainted with the so-called illegals program, putting agents into u.s. society x. the fact they would continue to do that to establish these american legends and cover story for the people trying to pose as americans in the united states shows how serious they are. the u.s. has also been caught in the act. in 2013, ryan fogel, political secretary at the u.s. embassy in moscow was arrested. the russians claim they caught him with wigs, dark glasses and cash trying to recruit a russian
is behind the wildly popular jack ryan series of novels, including the hunt for red october, patriot games. tom clancy dead at the age of 66. you may remember laura ling from her days when she was held captive in north korea in 2009 and her family s desperate fight to bring her home. well, now she s on her own mission to help others with a new show called society x that exposes some fascinating but dangerous trends in particular subcultures. tomorrow she looks at the underworld of designer drugs. chemicals, i mean they affect your brain really in a strange way compared to weed. do you consider yourself an addict? yeah. i am. i m addicted. i m not proudly addicted because at times i do want to quit. i do have symptoms of like congestion and maybe sometimes shortness of breath. yeah, i have no problem with it. you re going to die from
should just be aware, one, how easily these chemicals are to obtain and, two, when young people or when anyone is taking a drug like molly, very often molly is perceived to be pure mdma and it s very popular, especially in the electronic music scene. oftentimes it isn t molly at all, you re taking an entirely different chemical. some of these chemicals are ten, 15 times more potent at lower doses so you really have to be careful. you really don t know what you re getting and this stuff is incredibly easy to get. the show is called society x. laura ling, thanks for coming on the program. thank you. that s going to wrap up this hour of jansing & co. i m chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. good morning, everybody. the agenda next hour. who will blink first. day two, no sign of compromise in sight. could this go on for several days, possibly even weeks? and what about those americans