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the clock is ticking for russians given a deadline to leave our country as an east coast utility finds direct evidence of a russian hack. good evening. i m dan ashley. and i m ama daetz. tonight the utility is working with homeland security to determine how invasive the hack was. burlington electric department in vermont says it found the same malware code that was used in the election hack. the laptop was isolated from the grid system. this comes as 35 russians working in the u.s. are approaching their deadline to leave the country as part of newly imposed sanctions. abc 7 news reporter kelly udas is live where reporters were invited in today. katie. reporter: dan and ama, we ve witnessed a real 180. yesterday reporters were asked to leave the territory through the intercom here at the consulate, and today they were invited inside to ask questions, even offered champagne. this as four employees posted here are preparing to leave the country with their families. ....
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witnessed a real 180. yesterday reporters were asked to leave the territory through the intercom here at the consulate, and today they were invited inside to ask questions, even offered champagne. this as four employees posted here are preparing to leave the country with their families. excuse me, are either of you gentlemen leaving for the airport? have a good evening. happy new year. reporter: few words from those leaving the russian consulate this evening. but earlier in the day an invite to come inside. usually, we would not comment on such matters. but today we decided to make an exception. reporter: consul general sergei petrov confirming four of the 35 people being expelled by ought bama administration work here. we consider these sanctions completely unsubstantiated. reporter: family members of the four employees, 11 people in all, will leave. unfortunately, they will have to leave us without celebrating new year eve, which is the biggest one o ....
new year. good evening. i m keith jones. tonight we found shoppers frustrated to pay the tax as they stocked up for new year s eve parties. nbc10 s drew smith has the story. reporter: it s a sticker shock we were told to prepare for. it started going up to a ridiculous price. reporter: but it s the date that has people upset. philadelphia s 1.5 cent per ounce sugary drink tax becomes law on the 1st of next year. i was looking at the price tag, and i was like, oh, my god, it went from 2.99 to $5.49. reporter: the tax is expected to bring in $90 million to fund early education and improve recreation centers, and it s assessed on beverage distributors. stores can choose to pass it on to you, and it appears acme got an early start. we checked to make sure this wasn t just a chain-wide soda price increase, and we managed to find a two-liter bottle of cola for less than a buck inside this montgomery county acme. but here inside the city limits, that same brand and s ....
forecast. and it is a good one for new year s eve. starting this morning, a chilly one. take a look at feels like temperatures. we have some light wind to low and breezy, nothing terribly strong. right now it is going to feel colder than it actually is. mount holly, 27 degrees in philadelphia, 24. mount pocono, 13, allentown 18. 22 for dover. and here s the actual temperatures. most of us are in the 20s to low 30s. nonetheless cold out there. 22 in mountain pocono. 32 in philadelphia. here s radar and satellite. not a lot of clouds. as we go through the day, some clouds build in. not anything that ruins your plans, but you may notice clouds tonight if you re looking for fireworks. here s the temperatures going through morning conditions. some scattered clouds. winds picking up a tad, and temperatures on the rise as well. 37 degrees by 10:00 a.m., but temperatures by this afternoon are pretty good. coming up. we will take a closer look at new year s eve daytime forecas ....