these sanctions were not levied only because of the hacking, they were also levied because of the hacking of our u.s. diplomats in russia. we now know, this has been going on for four years. it's really increased over the last 12 months. arbitrary police stops, they've been releasing personal information, which is extremely dangerous. let's go ahead and listen to what else the deputy press secretary had to say. >> we've seen russia try and physically harass them, physically accost them. we've seen verbal and physical harassment. we've seen them try to revoke their credentials. we've seen them try to detain them. we've seen harassment of our diplomatic facilities in russia. again, the president believes that's outside the norms of how countries engage with one another and that's why he took the actions today. >> as hans mentioned, 35 russian diplomats who are here in the united states, they have two compounds here in maryland and new york. they are all being expelled. they have 72 hours to leave. and i asked the deputy press secretary, i said, are they being expelled because of the hacking

. >> mark nordlich, chief investment officer, and david levi, both charged together with three other co defendants. >> investigators say the billion-dollar scheme worked like a classic ponzi. and when the money started to dry up, some executives at platinum partners panicked and booked flights out of the country. >> these defendants defrauded by falsely portraying their flagship hedge under, ppba, was thriving when, in fact, it was not. >> reporter: investors were left desperate for their money. according to the indictment, one writing in an e-mail to executives at the firm, i don't know who is in charge now, but i know it is unacceptable. >> platinum created a ppba fund in 2003, and every year since then, through 2015, reported on average positive annual returns of 16.8%. and not a single down year. >> reporter: in its prime, the fund had nearly $2 billion in assets under management. but prosecutors say in the past years, executives lied to investors and plotted ways to cover it up. >> between 2012 and 2016, platinum collected $1 hundred million. they had no value more than a piece

sanctions levied in response to russia's alleged cyberattacks to interfere in our presidential election. he instead said he would not expel american diplomats like the u.s. did to 35 russian officials. donald trump meanwhile tweeted about mr. putin's great move on delays. i always knew he was very smart. >>> but a new report serves up as a wake-up call for the government and for corporate america. our josh lip ton joins us from san francisco. who authored the report and why did they publish it, josh? >> reporter: so, bill, this is a new joint report from the fbi and the department of homeland security in which really u.s. authorities are sort of laying out their case of why they argue it was the russian government that hacked those democratic party organizations and operatives, and really laying out the case going through the tools, the tactics and the techniques they say these russian hackers used. they talk about these two russian groups and these two campaigns, one in the summer of 2015 another in the spring of 2016, and they say those campaigns have actually continued. they say they

levied sanction against two suspected hackers on the fbi wanted list. last time u.s. government took these actions against russian was three months into the george w. bush administration. >> president bush speaking out trying to keep u.s./russian relations on even keel after kicking out russian diplomats suspected of undercover activities. >> and now catching them in the act led the u.s. to act. >> russians strike back surprisingly fast protesting to the american ambassador and telling nbc news will kick out same number of americans from the agency there. retaliation for action today ordering four employees out of the u.s. within ten days. acting as contacts for ex-fbi agent accused of spying for russia. >> in that instance bush gave the russians several months to leave. obama is giving them three days. russian president vladimir putin spokesman is saying will develop response and mirror the u.s. response and make the u.s. side feel uncomfortable as well. fbi and department of homeland security also releasing a 13 page report with documentation of what they call proof

as to the question about whether or not the sanctions levied by the obama administration will be here to stay once mr. trump takes over, the incoming white house chief of staff said, nothing is set in stone. >> it's going to be up to him and he is going to sit down and talk to his leadership and the defense department and state and in the white house and make those decisions. >> reporter: the transition team's wait and seed at attitud different but it fits with talk from mr. trump. >> i would treat vladimir putin firmly but there's nothing i can think of that i would rather do than have russia friendly. >> reporter: prom nenlt republic republicans are pleased the russian government is facing some sort of consequence for cyber meddling. even though they think it's long overdue. that sets up a potential party split. the head of the party, the soon to be sworn in 45th president said last night about the talk of hacking, quote, it's time for our country to move ton bon to r and better things. >> we need to get on with our lives without having elections being affected by outside influence,

he was 65 and i want to read a statement from turner president david levy following craig's passing. "craig sager was a beloved member of the turner family for more than three decades and he's been a true inspiration for-to-all of us. there will never be another craig sager. his incredible talent, tireless work ethic and commitment to his craft took him all over the world covering sports. while he will be remembered fondly for his colorful attire and the tnt sideline interviews he conducted with coachers and players, it's the determination, grace and will to live he display in his battle with cancer that will be in our lasting impact. our thoughts are with stacy and the entire sager family during this difficult time. we will forever be sager strong." he passed away just say after he was inducted into the sports broadcasting hall after fame. i was privileged to work with him at the nba all-star game in january. here is a look back at his life. >> reporter: for over 40 years, craig sager reported sports in style, and a unique style it was. he made his debut back in 1974 during one of t

as to the question about whether or not the sanctions levied by the obama administration will be here to stay once mr. trump takes over, the incoming white house chief of staff said, nothing is set in stone. >> it's going to be up to him and he is going to sit down and talk to his leadership and the defense department and state and in the white house and make those decisions. >> reporter: the transition team's wait and seed at attitud different but it fits with talk from mr. trump. >> i would treat vladimir putin firmly but there's nothing i can think of that i would rather do than have russia friendly. >> reporter: prom nenlt republic republicans are pleased the russian government is facing some sort of consequence for cyber meddling. even though they think it's long overdue. that sets up a potential party split. the head of the party, the soon to be sworn in 45th president said last night about the talk of hacking, quote, it's time for our country to move ton bon to r and better things. >> we need to get on with our lives without having elections being affected by outside influence,

interference, why now is he doing this at the stage of the game with very impotent sanctions, in my opinion, levied against russia? to what end? >> i don't think we can really say. but i think once january 20th comes, obviously trump administration will be able to talk to people in the intelligence community and find out why it was if they were so sure back in september and october this was going on, they didn't announce it then. some speculated it's because obama thought that hillary clinton would win the election any way, so why risk messing that up. now they're upset about it. i can't say. but i tell you, it's not just russia, it's not just the hack of the dnc or john podesta's e-mail, it's eight years going back of persistent efforts by foreign governments and other to get into our government and private sector computer systems. look at the chinese hack of opm personnel records, millions of records of americans working for the federal government basically stolen by beijing. what did we do about that? i don't know. apparently nothing. >> nothing. you're right. this is a far greater, sweeping pro

he's the guy that had sanctions personally levied against him by our government which exxon doesn't care about at all. way to go, buddy. steve coll, the man who wrote the definitive work of modern journalism on the power and the outlook of exxonmobil joins us next. >>> joining us tonight for interview is steve coll. his book private empire exxonmobil and the american power will have to go into reprint. now that rex tillerson is chosen as the next secretary of state. the private empire before even the tillerson factor i think is one of the best works of modern journalism about power. one of the best explanations about power and its different manifestations in our american system that i've ever read on any topic. steve coll is now the dean of columbia school of journalism. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> since tillerson has been nominated to be secretary of state, "a," a lot of people will be reading your book, but "b" a lot of people are trying to extrapolate from the way exxon has operated in the world to understand how the u.s. government might now operate in the worl

sanctions against russia, which were levied against russia after it annexed crimea in 2014. so, that is significant. he has been outspoken and saying those sanctions were wrong and, of course, the question now is, would he try in some sense to repeal them? now, today we heard from the kremlin who had something to say about tillerson, which in and of itself is highly unusual. normally the kremlin would not comment on somebody, especially before this person had been officially announced. what the kremlin said was this, they praised tillerson and said he's very professional and then said, quote, as to whether or not he's friendly to russia, there's a huge difference between being a secretary of state and being a ceo of a big corporation. all sympathies must take a backseat. at the same time, the fact the kremlin wrote this statement and came out and voiced its opinion about tillerson is, i think, indicative of the fact that they are cautiously optimistic and, indeed, enthusiastic about the possibility of tillerson as secretary of state, primarily because they want to see those

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he levied sanction against two suspected hackers who are on that fbi wanted list. the last time the u.s. government took these kind of significant actions against russia was three months into the george w. bush administration. >> president bush speaking out trying to keep u.s./russian relations on an even keel after kicking out nearly 50 russian diplomats suspected of undercover intelligence activities of some sort. >> and then as now catching russia in the act led the u.s. to act. >> the russian strikeback surprisingly fast, strongly protesting to the american ambassador today and they'll kick out the same number of americans from the u.s. embassy there. retaliation for ordering four employees of the u.s. out of russia in ten days. all of them expected to act as contacts of robert hanson accused of spying for russia. >> now, in that instance, bush gave the russians several months to leave. obama's giving them three days. now, russian president vladimir putin spokesman is saying they'll develop their response to the sanctions and it will mirror the u.s. response an

here you're seeing rabbi levy and his beautiful wife. >> all right. got to go. that's it for us. "special report" up next. >>> president-elect donald trump's pick for secretary of state is finally revealed as democrats and republicans react to intelligence reports that russia wanted trump to win. this is "special report." good evening. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. president-elect donald trump is expected to pick a big oil executive. exen mobile ceo rex tillerson to be his nominee for secretary of state. that expected choice has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressing concern about tillerson's cozy relationship with russian president vladimir putin and the questioning about trump's decision is only heightened by reports that the intelligence community is convinced russia tried to influence the election and dispute between intelligence agencies and law enforcement over the reported determination by the cia that vladimir putin's cyber team was working to see trump win. senior national correspondent john roberts reports on the trump transition tonight from outside t

. >> let's bring in pamela levy, reporter for mother jones and kali barnes. the president-elect has yet to respond to the washington post report on spy ware found on a laptop at the vermont utility company. but with this new -- renewed focus, how might this change the way trump views the intelligence reports? >> you know, i think that so far donald trump has sort of been in a state of denial about russian hacking, about russia's role and their posture to the u.s. he's taken on this almost fan boy persona when it comes to vladimir putin, saying he's very smart, saying they can work together, and i think that this will be a challenge to him. i think that the actions that obama took as well as this most recent revelation will really test, you know, trump's ability to look the other way. and i think when he takes office on january 20th, there will be a lot of hard decisions and it will be interesting to see how he goes. this definitely makes it harder for him to continue to cast doubt on russia's role in the election and in their approach to the u.s. in general.

in cleveland, they have to do love the after levy a few -- after levy raising taxes because voucher a voucher -- program and people want to spend money for the public schools. what has happened is the vouchers have drained it. therefore, people are actually spending more tax money funding public schools. we have also seen in a lot of places that schools with vouchers can kick kids out whenever they want. charters kick kids out whenever they want. they can take whoever they want. they can make all sorts of different rules. that is what private education can do and that is what religious education can do. , youu have public money have a responsibility to the the child's family, not just to the particular private ideology, or religious ideology you have. that has been a big problem in a lot of different places. from louisiana, calling on line for educators, what are your thoughts? caller: thank you for taking my call. like for youould to comment on is, the overwhelming belief that i've come toe come expect over the past 15 years that charter education, is for what is -- what ails us for

groups and legal aid writes the s, yet "wall street journal," some of the biggest chunks stayed with levied the fine place.first $109.96 billion in federal fines related to the housing crisis, $50 billion ended up with the government. the u.s. government, little disclosure what happened next, according to analysis in the "wall street journal," that answers to a certain extent what one of the earlier callers said, his is a piece written earlier this year. "wall street t at journa journal". dale is calling from indiana now. dale. caller: yeah. about trump omment and vladamir putin. even george w. bush was talking about looking soul of putin and nixon, each ck to efore vietnam was completely finished, he was in china making trade, so it seems drifted have all towards communist countries and kissinger was -- had a lot to do with deals in and vietnam and chile and -- i'm not going to trump until i see how he does, but i can judge nixon and bush and those on what they did and that is my comment. host: all right. thank you for taking part in the dale.am, carol in pittsburgh. carol. caller: thanks

and european union levied sections against russia for its aggression against ukraine. exxon said those sanctions cost the company $1 billion. tillerson has fought against the sanctions saying in may 2014 we don't find them to be effective unless they are very well implemented. we always encourage the people who are making those decisions to consider the very broad collateral damage of who they are really harming with sanctions. in that case is he talking about his company and their profits? >> yeah. >> shareholders. >> i think so. and the shareholders. you have these arguments and have had them for some time. remember reagan and the russian grain embargo and whether lifting it would help or not. they took it out on reagan in the early 1980s for that let's talk about tillerson. you had said before some concerns about people coming from the business as secretary of state. what do you think that brings in a positive sense and what problems? what concerns would you have about having a top ceo in that position? >> tillerson brings a businessman's business executive's tough