the russian foreign ministry has announced it intends to expel 31 american diplomats from its embassy in moscow and four from its consulate in st petersburg. the measure is in response to president obama s decision to kick out 35 diplomats because of allegations that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the kremlin denies trying to discredit hillary clinton during the campaign by publishing hacked emails. our correspondent laura bicker reports from washington. russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. moscow had been warned but now it s being punished for interfering in us elections. america s top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack on the e mails of hillary clinton s closest aides was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. but mr trump has always questioned the evidence. once they hack, if you don t catch them in the act, you re not gonna catch them. you don t know if it is russia or china or somebo