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Arabia says the full -- takes full responsibility for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but mohammed bin salman denies ordering the killing. khashoggi, critical of the saudi government, he disappeared nearly a year ago last seen going into the saudi consulate in st. sebastiis stand balance , 2018. he never came out allegedly murdered by the saudi government agents there. heres what the crown prince told cbs "60 minutes." >> what does that mean that you take responsibility? >> translator: ...

Was it spent. was it spent by nationals, was it otherwise pumped in and americans assisted in that effort to spend the money? and so i think in looking at the finances, youre going to get a lot of questions answered that need to be answered to make important determinations here. >> and very quickly, samantha, because youre an expert in this area as well, the u.s. expelled 60 russian diplomats. they expelled 60 american diplomats. we shut down their consulate in seattle. they shut down the u.s. c...

Crews removed the u.s. flag from the building that had been used as the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. russia ordered that consulate to be shutdown. >> that was after the u.s. did the same with the russian consulate in seattle, washington. moscow has also retaliated by expelling 60 u.s. diplomats, the same amount of russian diplomats the u.s. expelled. meantime, there is another indication president trump could make significant changes to the u.s. involvement in syria. mr. trump has placed ...

Forced the president to go forward with these other sanctions last year. he was angry about it but it happened and they have begun to follow through on those. under h.r. mcmasters leadership and jim mattis at the pentagon, this administration has come out with tough language about dealing with russia. and then we saw the feeling on the part of the u.s. that there needed to be a response alongside the uk to that attack inside the uk thats been attributed now to the russians. president trump feels...

While in russia the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. the president has a happy easter tweet and the public schedule does not lay it out. last year he celebrated with a family meal and gone to church so that may be part of plan for today, as well. the president does return to washington later this afternoon and tomorrow the first lady is the hostess for the long tradition white house easter egg roll where thousands of kids are invited to the white house and have a little fun on the south lawn. >...

♪ >> jeanine: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." ever since trump took office, the left has tried to attack the president as being soft on russia, but this week, the president showed great strength against vladimir putin when the u.s. expelled 60 russian diplomats and closed the russian consulate in seattle. president trumps tough action was in response to russias suspected poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter inte great britain earlier this month.. today...

>> im marianne rafferty. u.s. diplomats are packing up and moving out of the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg, russia. the move-out comes after russia ordered the consulate closed and the expulsion of 60 u.s. diplomats thursday. the russian order? retaliation for the u.s. decision to expel 60 russian diplomats after the murder of a former russian spy and his daughter in england. russia also expelled 59 other diplomats from 23 other countries friday after they joined washington and london in cens...

Leland: any misdemeanor, domestic violence isnt serious? >> im not going to get into this with you. youre going to have to take the facts of each individual case. if you want to get into that kind of debate, get the book out, and lets look at the facts of the case. leland: certainly the courts will be. appreciate it, congressman, thank you. >> you got it, thank you. elizabeth: russia escalating a diplomatic standoff with america and other nations, closing the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. th...

Friends again. >> it is important to remember what prompted the us in nearly a dozen other countries to spell russian diplomats. earlier this of the former russian spy living in england with his daughter were attacked with poison. the uk, the us and others determined that moscow was behind the attack. russia has denied any involvement in they retaliated this week by expelling more than 150 diplomats from those countries as well as closing the us consulate in st. petersburg. the white house press...

Moving trucks load up at the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. many fear that this could mean bad news for u.s./russia relations. here is what the state department had to say. >> russia should not be acting like a victim. 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. >> repor...