i'm cyril vanier in atlanta.m" starts right now. >>> he will have more in just a moment but first russian diplomates are calling it cold war deja vu. unprecedented sanctions on russia for its alleged interference in the u.s. election. among the measures announced three dozen russian diplomates are asked to leave the u.s. within 72 hours. president-elect trump seemed anxious to get past the incident, however, saying it is time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. nevertheless, in the interest of i will meet with leaders of the intelligence community to be updated on the facts of this situation. athena jones has details on what other punishments the u.s. has in store. >> reporter: in a statement the treasury department named nine individuals subject to expanded sanctions, including russia's military intelligence unit and its head and domestic security service. the state department following suit, declaring 35 russian intelligence units persona nongrata and giving them 72 hours to leave the countr

i'm cyril vanier. >> i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> populism has been on the rise in european politics and its supporters are declaring victory in italy. prime minister mateo renzi was on the losing end, and he is preparing to leave office now. >> the populism movement suffered a setback in austria. voters rejected a far-right candidate electing a pro-eu veteran instead. >>> let's start in italy with the prime minister's position up for grabs. the country is at a political crossroads. mateo renzi says he will formally resign in the coming hours. >> he promised he would step down if he lost this weekend's constitutional referendum which he did, and by a wide margin. however, renzi seemed gracious in defeat. >> translator: i would like to thank my colleagues for this extraordinary adventure. together and the president of the republic will have a meeting with me, and i will give my resignation. i will hand in my resignation. >> there's fear of a financial fallout from this vote. and we may be seeing that very s

viewers in the united states and of course all around the world. >> i'm rosemary church. >> i'm cyril van vanierhuge star in the '50s and '60s but never stopped entertaining. cnn correspondent layla santiago has more on her death. >> rosemary and cyril, we don't know what led to debbie reynolds' death. let's walk you through what happened wednesday afternoon. we understand she was complaining of some breathing issues. that's when l.a. fire department responded to the family's beverly hills home. at that time, we were told she was in fair to serious condition. when we checked in with

. >> i'm cyril van vanier. >>> th >>> reynolds was a huge star in the '50s and '60s but never stopped entertaining. cnn correspondent layla santiago has more on her death. >> rosemary and cyril, we don't know what led to debbie reynolds' death. let's walk you through what happened wednesday afternoon. we understand she was complaining of some breathing issues. that's when l.a. fire department responded to the family's beverly hills home. at that time, we were told she was in fair to serious condition. when we checked in with her son, he told us simply "pray for her." a few hours later, things changed. we checked in with her son and here's the statement. "she spoke to me this morning and said she missed carrie. she's with carrie now. this comes a day after we reported carrie fisher's death. she was on the way from l.a. to london went she fwhent to cardiac arrest and died tuesday morning which has really seen an outpouring of support from fans now and family. debbie reynolds' step daughter saying some of the magic people have left the tribe. for the moment i'm inconsolable. we have seen

i'm cyril vanier. >> i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom."

i'm cyril vanier. this is "cnn newsroom."pe. austria could elect norbert hofer. and matteo renzi says he will quit if voters do not approve his constitutional reforms. both will test the rise of populism across the continent and could help candidates for anti-immigration. >>> cuba is set to lay fidel castro to rest soon. he will be buried in a private ceremony. massive crowds chanted and waved cuban flags. raul castro thanked them for their affection. >>> at least nine people are dead as a fire tore through a warehouse in oakland, california. the death toll could rise. >> we have recovered nine victims at this point. those victims have been transported from this scene to our coroner's bureau. the identification process has begun with those victims. we are rushing their fingerprints to identify them. and then notify family members as we get those identifications. as we continue on here tonight, there have been some good things that have happened and when i say that, we have been able to put some families' fears at ease by loca