and just what happened in the u.k. just last week with the nerve agent, what happened with wagner and mercenaries in syria, all is troubling to me. all of that suggests there's a lot going on in russia we don't know about and we have this vision that putin is on the top playing chess and orchestrating everything, i'm not sure it's that easy. and i think it's not clear, i mean medvedyev is not a successor, sechin might not be, we don't know who is rising. but see security services and black operations people increasing their power. who could be a successor? could be troubling. and my biggest concern about the immediate area around russia and also the middle east is that russia, if it was coming in and solving syria and making it better place, that's a positive thing. but it really doesn't seem to be coming in with this. trying to influence syria, but not ending horror of what syrian people have been under. not ending horror of people in eastern ukraine have been going under. my biggest concern is lot of this is flexing

also a much stronger alliance with countries like the u.k. when they are facing the facts and standing up to this real russian threat. >> congressman, thank you for coming. >> thank you, dr.. while the congressman is leaving, please stay where you are. >> let me just say, thank you very much are being here in this incredibly important issue. we have a lot of work to do, but i am confident that if we come together to do it we can beat this threat. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> president trump and the prime minister of ireland were on capitol hill for the annual st. patrick's day lunch hosted by house speaker paul ryan on thursday. that is next on c-span. then a discussion with california state senator kevin lyons on his challenge to u.s. senator dianne feinstein. >> the u.s. supreme court will look at a california state law which requires pro-life pregnancy centers to notify patients of state subsidized abortion options. we'll get a preview of next week's court case. live coverage begins friday at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. in the a

also a much stronger alliance with countries like the u.k. when they are facing the facts and standing up to this real ussian threat. >> congressman, thank you for coming. >> thank you, dr.. >> while the congressman is leaving, please stay where you are. >> let me just say, thank you very much are being here in this incredibly important > congressman, thank you for issue. we have a lot of work to do, ut i am confident that if we come together to do it we can beat this threat. >> thank you very much. >> next, retiring years senator jeff flake talking about the need for bipartisan in washington, d.c. he has become a critic of the president but says he has no plans to run for the white house. >> today's

. >> u.k. renewables suggests a kind of explorer. there is a plant being built in south carolina. i won't ask you to comment on this too much except that there was an order for a kind of contractor collaborative process to re-baseline that order for 13-point the from the department of energy. i'm not sure that has been updated in its collaborative process. i yield back. thank you. >> thank you, senator, this is cortez masto. >> thank you, mr. secretary. yesterday we talked about expenditures and update on expenditures that would be associated with the restarted yet come out and licensing proceeding. it is important to my constituents have an accurate understanding of the balance of the account at their disposal and what expenditures are made in the train to direction. would you commit to getting this letter your attention and providing a quick response? >> i literally had it in my hand this morning and i am going to review it as timely a response as possible. >> your budget recommends spending 120 billion to bring high-level nuclear waste in nevada. prior to your confirmation you

has to do when it comes to the economy the first drop rates a treaty gets a frosty reception in the u.k. plus we'll explain what five g.'s all about and if it even matters counting the cost at this time. morning martin mornings are you doing today large in south africa. when you hear. of the third chance. and nervous all or buds. playing a little finger to tell your fears i haven't been to syria for probably thirty years i'm fortunate that i was able to come over here and to going to medical field i think it was footage of a father carrying his son with his arm completely empty to that's what they actually instigated me to contact the syrian american medical society and they put me in touch with the facility in turkey. what did your wife say she said she'd rock don't cross the border. i'm really nervous about it i try not to talk about it too much but pam and i tried to think about it too much but i'm nervous about everything about him we haven't talked about the trip yet with our younger daughter with my older son we just tried to explain where dad's gone and what he's doing while he's

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u.k. says it will respond robustly if russia is found to be behind this expected poisoning of a former double agent surrogate scruple was found unconscious in southern england on sunday along with his daughter moscow has denied any involvement. a topcoat in brazil has rejected an attempt by former president learned to silver to avoid a twelve year prison sentence for corruption ruled that leila can be arrested if the jail term is up on appeal as of the headlines rebel geeks just this is influencing. some journalists decided to sacrifice their integrity for outside the hole in the media or opinion the listening post at this time on al-jazeera. digital technology the us is the promise of intimacy and he's mentally and even longer not. in the ability to keep billions of calculations in our pockets it seems he discovered and he didn't mention. in which everything in our lives can be increased and tracked and intended for money. that is convenience profit and surveillance the only use these in

terrorists in a market place worth close to fourteen trillion dollars britain's home secretary has vowed the u.k. will pursue whoever is behind a nerve poison attack on a former russian double agent sixty six year old sergei scriptural and his daughter remain in a critical but stable condition after being found unconscious on sunday a police officer also harmed by the rare nerve agent is still in a serious condition sri lanka's prime minister says recent anti muslim violence has damaged the island's reputation as a tourism hotspot writing in the central district of candy as their free did and damaged two hundred muslim owned businesses. the head of the un's refugee agency has visited a camp in lebanon on international women's day to speak to women who fled file insincerity or people ground he said the biggest challenges facing them are violence and early marriage that's all without a back in just under half an hour with more news say with this rebel geeks with a story of a phone up exposes brazilian police violence thanks watching by fire. digital technology us is that a mess of intimacy and he'

diplomats over the poisoning of a former spy in the u.k. so lavrov said moscow was also closing the u.s. consulates in some cases it's just the latest in a string of tit for tat expulsions announced by moscow and countries siding with the u.k. in blaming russia for the nerve agents attack where which allan's has more. well we've been waiting for several days only for russia to come out with its response to all these diplomatic expulsions the western nations processing of the moment and on thursday evening in moscow we did get some clue from a lover of the russian foreign minister about what these are going to be let's listen to what sergey lavrov had to say mutable that sort of girl in me. there will be myriad measures but not only stopping it that the us ambassador is invited to our ministry where my deputy would deliver him the content of these retaliation re measures against the united states they include the explosion of a similar number of diplomats and they include our decision to withdraw our consent to the operation of the united st

russia's expelling more diplomats in retaliation for this week's coordinated response by the u.k.'s allies over the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter moscow has some of the best advice from several countries who it accuses of taking unfriendly steps on thursday it asked over one hundred fifty diplomats including sixty americans to leave the country the better of senegal's capital dhaka has been sentenced to five years in prison for sol was charged with and bestselling over two and a half million dollars but critics say the case is politically motivated in order to eliminates president barchi sells strongest rival ahead of next year's presidential election i'll be back with a news hour a little over twenty five minutes but most get you back to a very silly and justice. thank you. larry most disobedient talian state is on trial for concluding with the mafia. the chief prosecutor in the case and the most threatened by an initially is judge anthony no di matteo. amenophis off work to thump on the mike then stop. but it will come in the company of the one go. to the dat

. >> in the u.k. a bicycle is is class identifi classified as a vehicle. you have to share the road. >> but here's the craziest part, he's on the ground, karma, like a split second after he hits the ground and the ambulance just happened to be passing by. they saw what happened. the biker doesn't appear to be seriously injured but he was off work for several weeks and police have identified the driver but so far no charges have been filed. let's head over to vietnam where

the u.k. government blames it on russia. >>> they're holding the first of three presentations about their body cam program and you're invited. the purpose of the meeting was to inform the public about how and why officers will begin wearing body cameras on duty. congress recently launched the program and want the public to see the cameras and ask any questions. the meeting is at 6:00 on galindo street. should be a half hour. >>> the office will reopen after being closed for a month because of flood damage. on february 7th, dmv workers discovered a water leak in the building. it happened after thieves stole $50 worth of copper wire in the roof. that caused thousands of dollars in damage. >>> let's talk about what's going on outside as mentioned, we've got a storm coming. that's tomorrow. let's talk about more of that fog that alexis touched upon. visibility down to a quarter mile in ignacio. how about novato boulevard. lucas valley. a little bit of fog right now. about two miles visibility in s

. >> reporter: informed of moscow's response from the u.k. 23 dip employee mats expelled given a week to leave. in london, prime minister theresa may. >> we will never tolerate that from the government. >> reporter: the investigation continues. police trying to establish when and how russian spies and daughter we are poisoned. his bmw hours after the attack. skripal was shouting and acting incoherently before his daughter and him collapsed. consistent with never ending poisoning. russians we talked to in red square, they don't believe their government had anything to do with the chemical weapon attack in england. >> do you think russia poisoned the spy, skripal? who are you voting for? >> putin. >> putin. >> putin. >> russians are hearing a different story. saying they had nothing to do with the attacks. and pointing the fingers at u.s. and check republic and sweden. >> "abc 7 news," moscow. >>> the associated press learned that he kept personal memos interacting with donald trump. and has provided them to the special counsel's office. they are similar to the notes compiled by fired f

the u.k. blames it on roir. >>> several violent burglaries in the north bay. all suspects from north carolina or virginia. the sonoma county sheriff says they broke into three homes in petaluma. they tied up and beat their victims while searching for marijuana. authorities chased the suspects to novato and arrested four of them there. they caught them at sfo later that day. >>> all right. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's start with temperatures in the south bay. look at the mid to upper 30s. everywhere until you get to the low to mid-40s in los gatos, san jose, mountain view milpitas. 35 in danville. livermore. fairfield. the cool spots in the inland east bay neighborhoods. half moon bay at 37 right now. almost frosty in novato at 33. 48 in san francisco. 40 in san pablo. here's a look at the san mateo bridge. it is dry this morning. yes. our easiest commute this week weatherwise are this morning and this afternoon through the evening hours. if you take mass transit, it's cool this morning. going to be comfortable this a

and european leaders saying this use of chemical weapons is quote, an assault on u.k. sovereignty and quote, a breach of international law. russia denied any involvement. they're doing it for their clients. >> we're still a few weeks from opening day. but there was plenty of action near at&t park. here's a look at "good orning america" at 7:00 a.m. with rob marciano. >> good morning. coming up on gma, breakin news overnight. an investigation is under way right now after a fighter jet skrashd during a training session killing two navy aviators. we'll have the latest on that this morning. >>> if you have a snuggie, ymay be owed money this morning. >> announcer: today's storm is level one. keep an umbrella handy. download the abc 7 news app: >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. the storm is also going to be a level 1 friday and for the early part saturday. here's the rain. by saturday evening, about a quarter or half inch for most of us. >> thank you, mike. three armed robbery suspects after this wild pursuit that had san francisco

., the u.k. and the check republic, sla vok ya and sweden. >>> deputy andrew mccabe. he kept personal memos dealing with president trump and provided them to the special counsel office. similar to the notes compiled by fired fbi chief james comey. he was targeted because he backed up comey of the investigation of the collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government. his memos could factor into the continuing investigation. >>> facebook has suspended a data firm tied to president trump's campaign. a u.s. senator says not good enough. violating policy privacies by harvesting private informaon from 50 million users to develop strategies for president trump's 2016 election campaign. denying the accusations. minnesota senator took to twitter to call for an outside investigation and for facebook founder to testify before the senate judiciary committee. >>> coming up at 8:00 this morning. jorng stephanopoulos sitting down with ranking member congressman and committee member and they will talk about the russia investigation. george will be joined by new orleans

also ordering the seattle consulate be shut down in response to u.k. spying case that we've been covering for some time now. the u.s., britain and other nations publicly blamed russia for the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. and they have actually taken similar measures expelling russian diplomat. i'm gathering more on this breaking news that just came down. i'll have details when possible. back to you. >> thank you so much, jessica. >>> we're asking you this question this morning. do you trust driverless car technology? it's our question for you. you can answer it right now at abc7news.com/rote. >>> -- vote. >>> you can watch it update in real time at the bottom of the screen. the reason we're asking is because another company says it would have been able to avoid the deadly pedestrian crash by uber in arizona. an update on your votes and the story is coming up. >>> as president trump slaps tariffs on imports, one country is getting tariffs lifted. >>> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. che

. >> the parks manager says they recently took down this u.k. lip us tree that was leaning toward a playground at alameda's god fry park. this summer the eucalyptus leaning toward the rec center will be gone. but across town at washington park a photo of what happened unexpectedly last week when a monterey pine slammed down on a father watching a ball game from this picnic table pinning him under the branchs. the city says he will make it but is still undergoing surgeries. >> we had meetings this week and kind of assessed this is just -- this is not the norm. this is just sitcom that unfortunately happened. >> mcdonald said he had a list of problem trees. and the 50-foot tall monterey pine that topple here wasn't on the list. he said that over the last two years they have taken out 7 other pine trees. >> i never worry about the trees. but after that news, i definitely pay attention, pay more attention. >> the city pointed out trees that have not been trimmed off of park property. then showed us what they strive to do. >> you can see this try rig

i would love to see more of that happening u.k. recently had a log home into effect where large companies do need to reduce -- do need to do and report a gender wage gap. i spoke to one of those companies that's a consulting firm so they published their own before it went into effect. they were crunching numbers internally already but publicly it created such momentum causing others to dig in and understand where they have the gap and it was simply a matter putting it out there publicly it is all about incentives. >> do you think more companies will do that here in united states voluntarily? >> at all think voluntarily it may take legislation we might. think about this not until a few years ago because of external pressure to start publishing their diversity numbers how many men and women or minority groups but it was the external pressure that force them to release the figure but then that gives you the incentive. >>host: so to make sure that the numbers are public helps the situation. so where do you think the federal government

i spoke to one of those companies and that they decided to get ahead of the u.k. law by publishing their own wage gap. what they found was their crunch in these internally. he created such momentum, highly motivated it's where the sticking points were and how to solve for it. it was simply a matter of putting it out there publicly which is all about incentives. >> do you think more companies will do that here in the united states voluntarily? >> guest: i don't know that many will do it voluntarily. it might take legislation. i'd love to see more doing it voluntarily. it wasn't until a few years ago that the tech firm began because of external pressure and pressure from their own employees to publish their diversity figures. how many men and women and minority groups on those numbers look pretty awful but it was the external pressure that force them to release the figures. that does give you an incentive to push those figures up. >> making to the public numbers are public helps the situation. what about at the governmental level where do you think the government is

some people would say the best days of the british empire, the u.k. were in the 19th century, when they had this humongous debt ratio. that should not make us feel -- that should make us feel good. if our debt is up at 105%, if somehow we could bring about spending restraints, and hope that our economy might grow faster than the 2% that many economists are forecasting, then we don't have such a big problem. we can solve the problem. but coming back to your point, i don't think we seem to have a public awareness now, there is nobody pushing for doing something like this. and that maybe one of our problems, that we just allow this debt-financed spending binge to go on. because we like tax cuts and we like spending so the debt will just keep on growing. that is what hamilton warned us about. yes. >> to the gentleman's question about the culture, you may have just partially answered this, in 1992, ross perot ran one of the most successful third-party candidacies. and his two main platform items were trade and the debt. >> talking about giant sucking sound

today that there was someone, a former russian officer who was traded in a spy swap who has come in the u.k. it's not beyond the peaale. when you talk about people, talk about human operations, this is what a case officer or steele would have to do. you have to look at the individual. because someone is saying something, from an intelligence assessment standpoint you can say this person in fact did say something to me or did say this to me but the substance, the fact behind that may not be able to easily be ascertained. it sounds confusing. you can have high confidence somebody did say this but low confidence they did say something. >> let's be clear. she's talking to reporters behind a cage in a tied jail. literally, there are american reporters standing in a thai jail. i agree that doesn't mean what she's saying is truthful or may not have what she has but what we do know she definitely was on a boat with deripaska at one point and did post video of stuff he was talking about. >> what we're seeing, not just one thing but two. what i know about the rush intelligence, they are like burglars

it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the u.k. katty: radio silence from north korea on trump's offers of talks. there is still much to be agreed. christian:

. >> we think it was disease decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. for the first time since the second world

do you agree that this crisis with the u.k. played to mr. putin's strength or favor? >> i don't think it was a decisive factor in the victory of mr. putin, but i can imagine that it added some votes to the victory of mr. putin. indeed, the general perception here in moscow that the british accusations are not fair, that they are premature and when it gets down to a situation like that, the country usually rallies around its leader. moreover, i should say that whether you like it or not, but the foreign policy of mr. putin is perceived by the majority of russians as a successful foreign policy, not as something that russians should be ashamed of or should regret. >> so that's an interesting point. the russians like what he's doing abroad. do you agree that the assessment is unfair by the british and by the west to what happened in the uk with the novichok? >> frankly, if the russians are claiming, as they appear to be, that the british response to the attempt to murder two people in the streets of one of our cities is to be welcomed because it boosted mr. putin's vote

countries expelled over 100 russian intelligence agents in response to the nerve agent attack in the u.k. katty: the british foreign secretary says or stands in hihas the longest collective expulsion of collective diplomats. christn: the kremlin promises to respond in kind. president trump tells friends oach of the stormy daniels stuff is a political the point star says sheo was warneday quiet. >> a guy said to me leave trump alone, forget the story. he looked at my daughter a said it woulmebe a shame if ing happened to her mom. christian:si the predent says his white house is running like a well oiled machine.

moscow was likely behind the poisoning of surface cripple using a military grade nerve agent at the u.k. forced twenty three russian diplomats to leave london and response to the incident former south korean president lee myung has been arrested jailed and placed in solitary confinement the seventy six year old is facing a number of corruption charges and authorities fear he would destroy evidence. and those are the headlines to keep it here on al-jazeera for news throughout the day people in power it's next. there were seven candidates vying for egypt's presidency. cloud there are just two and with president abdullah fattah el-sisi poised for his second term in power international rights groups are calling this election a fosse we'll bring you the latest coverage and analysis of the egypt election on al-jazeera. the usas constitutionally in trying love affair with firearms has given it the highest levels of private gun ownership in the world and a truly staggering rate of gun related homicides but it isn't just the u.s. that's felt the effects south of the border in mexico american sou

conflict is sparked by peaceful protest against president bashar al assad and two thousand and eleven u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says at least half a million people have been killed and more than half of syria's pre-war population of twenty million have been displaced the russian foreign ministry has called u.k. prime minister teresa mayes allegation that moscow was behind a nerve agent attack in england completely insane a spokeswoman said moscow was working on retaliatory measures for britain's expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats you know labor is moving its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands the anglo dutch conglomerate insists the decision is not because they say it's part of the restructuring it comes at a crucial point in britain's to go to leave the european union and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power keep it or. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new tariffs on imports of steel in alameda for a five gene will mean fossil data types but times hotter than fourteen we bring

twenty three russian diplomats have already been expelled by britain or u.k. police of contacted several russian exiles due to concerns over their safety following the killing of a prominent businessman because like blue scarf was found dead in his home in southwest london on monday police say he died from quote compression to the neck and a murder investigation is under way pushed off was granted political asylum in twenty ten and the u.k. had blocked attempts by russia to extradite him the chinese leader xi jinping has been unanimously reappointed with no term limits effectively making him president for life a close ally of president she was voted in as his deputy by the national people's congress wind and is known as the fire fighter for his central role in tackling issues like corruption and domestic financial problems. there's that runs just over the senators are people in power is up next by finance. it's well known of the united states exports billions of dollars worth of arms to its allies which isn't as widely understood is that many of the guns it se

. >> arthel: u.k. home secretary amber rudd said it's too early to tell who is responsible for trying to kill a former russian spy and his daughter. the 66-year-old was convicted in russia of spying for britain back in 2005. last weekend, he and his daughter were found unconscious on a bench, poisoned with an unknown nerve agent. ryan chillcoat is in london with the latest. >> reporter: the secretary of defense in u.k. and many members of the intelligence community met today in london to discuss the investigation. meanwhile, in salisbury, about 90 miles southwest of london, troops trained to deal with an equipped to deal with chemical weapons were at a cemetery where the spy's wife and son were buried. that's because the father and daughter may have gone there, to their graves to pay their respects and contaminated the site with the nerve agent they themselves were poisoned with. video of a stretcher at the wife's grave has sparked speculation that police may exhume her body, though there's no confirma

the u.k.'s top law enforcement officials just finished a meeting with a number of government officials here in london. the defense secretary was there, a very large number of members of the intelligence community, and they were all, of course, discussing the investigation and where we are with it. meanwhile, about 90 miles to the southwest of london in salisbury, where this nerve agent attack took place, there was a very large number of troops in the cemetery where the spy's wife and son are buried, and you could see those troops throughout the day removing a lot of items, including flowers from their graves. now, the reason for that is the supposition is that the spy and his daughter, who were targeted in this attack, may have gone there without realizing it and contaminated the scene with the nerve agent before they succumbed to it. there have been troops, in hazmat uniforms, at the spy's house and the supposition is that they may have been poison at their house or at his house, possibly some

it's not just u.k. it's not just these two poor people who were poisoned. it was also, you know, plom poo. coverup of syrian chemical weapons under russian umbrella. and russia blocking any investigations in the united nations. it is massive use of cyber and of self-power. so it's social media. now we find out that during the obama administration they were sitting on this information and i know it from my sources that this was going on. they were aware. and this was sort of post reset obama-russia policy they didn't want to shake the boat too much. not to upset the relationship with russia on the iranian issue. >> eboni: obama administration put some sanctions but many said not effective and not enough and too little, too late was often the retort there. you talked about the relationship with russia and the west. let's talk about it. when president trump first took office, he stated and it seemed to be the case that he was open to a better relationship with vladimir putin himself and russia. certainly it seems, recently, that the president in this white hou

>> reporter: something will happen, in particular if it's a major ally, the u.k. would certainly qualify. there is a trans-atlantic conversation about what to do to demonstrate vocal support but also substantive support and the u.s. is obviously prepared to do just that, although nothing to announce specifically at the moment. let me share just a bit of what we've gotten from the state department and from the white house today. first, at the state department, a statement was issued that reads in part this way. the united states is considering a range of options to respond to russia's outrageous actions in the u.k., both to demonstrate solidarity with oura ally and to hold russia accountable for its breach of international norms and agreements. of course, this in relation to that devastating and awful poisoning attack. meanwhile, the white house with a statement out today saying this, united states stands firmly with the united kingdom in condemning russia's outrageous action. the president is always considering options to hold russia accountable in response to its

they want to make sure the u.k. follows the same, which prime minister theresa may has said she wants to do. >> from a political standpoint it's important. >> politically, the big picture here is you have this sort of internal struggle within the white house about maybe even within donald trump himself on what to do in hatteras on to russia. he faced a lot of criticism for that moment last week where he was in the white house and congratulated president putin. but he didn't take the opportunity to stand up for u.s. values when it comes to democracy and how democracy works in this country versus russia. or taking the opportunity to say russia shouldn't be interfering in elections in the u.s. doesn't want to get into an arms race with russia. that's a little bit different than saying we will expel 2000 russian diplomats. there is this internal struggle and it's more of a struggle of a president trump has done in the republican party. republicans have this three sol approach to how they feel about taking fiscal nationa

president trump may expel russian envoys over the attack in the u.k. tell us more about that. reporter: we shared a couple statements that mirrored statements there. what they are saying is we stand in support of the u.k. we join them in their criticism of russia. but they are cryptic about what that would mean long term. does it mean ex pull hundreds of several diplomats from russia? that's the rumor. but we haven't got that nailed down yet. we'll keep an eye on it for you. but for now, back to you. eric: president trump is taking heat from both sides of the political aisle. the president did say he was disabond it the package. even threatening to veto the bill and saying he'll not do it again, but he signed it to avoid sat government shutdown. >> the president made it very clear. he said it was a ridiculous situation. edsaid this is the last time he would sign this type of bill. at the same time his highest priority is to protect the american people. there were things in that bill that lined up with the president's priorities. reporter: president trump said he was only signi

wreaking havoc in parts of the u.k. travel was brought to a standstill with drivers getting stranded. some parts inside 21 inches of snow. warmer temperatures this weekend will help. flooding is now a concern. you cannot win for losing is what the saying goes. that doesn't press. will be back with you tomorrow at 12 and 4:00 p.m. easter. have a great evening. >> present trump facing blowback with those so-called train war. the president said there's nothing to fear. this is the fox report. >> julie: partners are now warning that they could retaliate after trump announced plans to oppose sweeping tariffs on aluminum and steel. he vowed to pass the latter at 25%. trump tweeted earlier, if the e.u. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers on u.s. companies doing business,

the only victims in this situation are the two victims in the hospital in the u.k. right now. and the people who cannot go into the park, the medical workers, the first responders. molly: garrett tenney joins me now. garrett, this seems to all be happening pretty fast. >> reporter: well, mollly, it certainly is. u.s. officials say russia's response is about what they expected. moscow promised tit for tat responses after we closed their consulate in seattle and expelled 60 of their diplomats. russia announced it was closing the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg and kicking out 60 of our diplomats. today u.s. staff in st. petersburg, russia's second largest city, are rushing to get everything packed up and moved out. white house officials are suggesting they won't let russia's response go unanswered. white house press secretary sarah sanders said the tit for tat move, quote, marks a further deterioration in the united states/russia relationship and continues, russia's response was not unanticipated, and the united states will deal with it. in total, russia has dicked out more tha

a series of diplomatic actions following the poisoning of an ex-russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. garrett tenney has more on this. >> great to be with you again. both countries sent a lot of folks packing this week. first, it started with the u.s. closing russia's consulate in seattle and expelling 60 diplomats. moscow returned the favor, expelling 60 american diplomats. you can see this weekend the u.s. staff in st. petersburg is busy packing up the consulate before closing up shop. the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, said this movie moscow, quote, marks a further deterioration in the united states/russia relationship. russia's response was not unanticipated, and the united states will deal with it. in total, russia kicked out more than 150 diplomats from roughly two dozen countries who had expelled russia's diplomats in a show of solidarity with great britain over the poison attack over a former russian spy and his daughter in england which the u.k. and its allies have attributed to russia. russia's ambassador to the u.s. on friday again denied moscow had any part i

the u.k. prime minister about to make a statement about the attack. the attack. is moscow to blame? we could find tphout a matter of minutes. >> sandra: plus a showdown in trump country with a tight race expected in pennsylvania. both sides going all in on tomorrow's special elections. conor lamb, lamb the sham. lamb the sham. he's trying to act like a republican so he gets, he won't give me one vote. personally, i like rick saccone. i think he's handsome. >> sandra: a massive high rise reduced to rubble in a matter of seconds. watch. an unbelievable scene playing out there this weekend in kentucky. a 28 story office building that housed state government offices for decades in order to make way for a brand new state of the art complex. the blast was triggered in a blowup bureaucracy campaign with the winning bid coming in at $15,000. >> somebody like lamb, he's not gonna vote for us. he's now saying i appreciate his nice words about me. this is trump country, right? so he has to say nice. smart. he's saying nice things. here's the problem. soon as he gets in, he's not gonna vote for

. >> sandra: the u.k. taking strong action. theresa may ordering 23 russian diplomats out of the country among other actions. amy kellogg is live for us. amy. >> reporter: we're just getting first reaction here from the russian capital. sergei kislyak was the ambassador is saying the u.k. will feel the responsibility for its actions. russia, as you remember, theresa may the british prime minister gave vladamir putin for an explanation and theresa may came down with a list of responses to the lack of movement saying that rush has responded with disdain and sarcasm with little regard for the gravity of the situation. now, the kremlin again has been defiant that it's had nothing to do with the poisoning of serge skripal which is a nerve agent developed in the soviet union to avoid detection and to be able to assemble in all sorts of uncomfortable place or travel with the agent so the person carrying it would not himself be affected. it's unlikely people here say president putin would have been likely to respond to that ultimatum b

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that being accused of the poisoning of the double agent in the u.k. actually played right into putin's hands. he got 77% of the vote, which was more than they expected. it's 14% more than he got last time. putin swung by a big crimian annexation anniversary party near red scar square and addressed the poisoning of the russian agent and his daughter for the first time. >> of course we think that any sensible person understands that is complete fantasy, rubbish and nonsense that somebody in russia might do something on this on the eve of the presidential election and football world cup. irrespective of all these difficulties we are ready to work together and discuss any subject and to overcome any difficulties. >> there were reports of ballot stuffing and other irregularities, but they were generally fewer than we have seen in the past. the bigger problem, observers say pressure people felt under to actually go vote. in some instances they were bussed to polling stations. there were prizes given out for the best selfies taken at polling stations, so on.