And they all live here at the t Russian Embassy. Embsy the state Department Says theyty were given 72 hours to leaveoea the country. Oury its been pretty quiet. Et. We did see a family of four ofo leaving the gates early thisatee morning but its unclear ifleari they are among those expelled. Now, as of this morning thehe embassy has not released a statement. President obama says allsays all americans should be alarmed by russias action. Aio he specifically targetedte russian spy agencies andgencies diplomats that the u. S. Sayshats were trying meddle in the recent president ial election federal officials are set shutting down two compounds in maryland and new york. President obama has given them from noon until todaylandama ta those compounds. The move freezes assets andetan blocks americans from doingrom g business with russia. Ne with rua russia denies the hackingking allegations and this morning thg the country is hinting retaliation. Liat is proposing to expel 35 u. S. 3. Diplomats
The officials were assigned to the Russian Embassy in dc and the russian consulate in san francisco. The us is also sobering con the white house says there are additional sanctions that will not be announced, because they are highly classified. Russian president. Says moscow will retaliate. Russia will probably find some cause or decide to send some of our folks home as well. President elect trump repeated his calls for the country move on, but added, i will meet with Intelligence Community next week to be updated on the facts of the situation. Republican senators Lindsey Graham and john mccain promised to push for tougher sanctions in congress. Theres no doubt they did attempt to hack into our system and when donald trump sees that he will take appropriate action. Us Officials Say they have no reason to believe the russian Cyber Attacks will stop. The Obama Administration said, it gave the Trump Transition Team a heads up that the sanctions were coming pre mr. Trump could use his exec
It is our duty to win. Another on the ground. Railing against the president s action today on immigration. Mayor bowser defending d. C. s status as a sanctuary city. We believe that having a d. C. Residents afraid to call the police or afraid to call on the government makes our city less safe. News4 at 11 00 starts now. They spent most of the day 270 feet up in the air. Now theyre going to spend at least part of their night behind bars. We were there when those greenpeace protesters ended their demonstration tonight against President Trump and finally surrendered to police. Reporter tonight i talked to a greenpeace spokesperson. He tells me that the protesters planned for this. They were methodical, organized and peaceful. Tonight d. C. Police sources tell me all seven protesters have been arrested. Theyre currently in route to jail. Thank you, greenpeace. Reporter crowds cheer as protesters climb down a crane just blocks from the white house. D. C. Police arrest the demonstrators. Its
Africanamerican supporters at the white house on this day. He told any plans to monitor heritage when asked about the violence in chicago the president said the city is out of control. Senate republicans are welcoming the president s nominee to the court. Judge neil gorsuch headed to the hill today. Democrats are somewhat skeptical of judge gorsuch, some activists claim hes hostile to womens rights judge gorsuch siding with businesses who argue, their reledgeous convictions would be violated if they had to provide contraceptive insurance under the Affordable Care act. Democrats could filibuster his nomination, which has been the best defense. Org, republicans dont have the filibuster. But they do have a simple majority, a 52 republican senators, they could break with tradition and use the socalled nuclear option. Despite its name, its a legal way to change the rules so that lawmakers cant filibuster a Supreme Court nominee. If it gets to that point, Mitch Mcconnell should just go for i
He was arrested the same day as will campos. The fbi showed him pictures of the meetings. At one point during years of federal investigation, campos wore a wire and cooperated with the fbi. His son said his dad is not to blame. Hes been doing it for so long, and who knows really the damage that hes really done. He pleaded guilty and entered a plea for his part in the ongoing federal probe into corruption and bribery. The arrest is linked to the Prince Georges County raid, that resulted in four initial arrests, of Board Members and businessmen. Both aiello and campos are looking at the possibility of years in federal prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution they have to pay back to the court. Reporting live in greenbelt, tracy wilkins, back to you in the studio. Breaking news out of prin several High School Students in oxon hill, this crash was in the 1500 block of iverson street late this afternoon, police tell us all three students go to potomac high school, they wer