reporting live from washington karen traverse channel6 "action news." thank you for that report. >>> turkey's police rounded up more than 200 members of a a kurdish political party as the country mourned the victims of saturday's deadly bombing attack. thousands of residents attended several public funerals in istanbul. officials now say 44 people died in the twin bombings outside of a soccer stadium in istanbul. police say the 235 people picked up are allegedly connected to a terrorist organization. >>> french officials have detained 11 people suspected of helping the man who drove his truck into a crowd in nice france on bastille day. officials say the suspects are from eastern europe. they're suspected of a role in supplying weapons and logistical support. the july 14 attack killed 86 people. isis claimed responsibility. >> the man on trial for killing former new orleans saints player will smith told the court he did in it self-defense. the jury didn't believe him. following a week of testimony cardale hayes was found guilty of manslaughter over the

karen traverse, abc news, washington. >> house speaker paul ryan released this statement on twitter today after news of glenn's passing -- "on behalf of the house, i extend my deepest sympathies to annie and the entire glenn family, may his memory live on every time we look up at the stars." look for more on how john glenn is being remembered tonight on world news tonight with david muir. that's at 5:30. it's been two years since her violent death shocked milwaukee. 5-year-old laylah peterson shot grandfather's death. today a milwaukee county judge sentenced arlis to 13 years behind bars. police say he and another man shot at a house, hitting laylah with a stray bullet. >> i'd like to give me condolences to the family and friend is of laylah peterson. >> prosecutors say two other men were also involved in death. the other shooter, karl barrett was sentenced to 65 years in prison last week. the getaway driver received five years' probation. a school secretary accused of stealing money. investigators they kimberly depositted the checks following the book fair last december but only a fracti

abc's karen traverse is covering the story for us live in washington, d.c. with the very latest. er: good evening, sharrie. president obama said he personally warned russian president vladimir putin to put an end to these cyber attacks but today he would not give any specific details about how or when the u.s. would retaliate. president obama forcefully defended the u.s. response to russia's election interference were. >> we handled it the way it should have been handled. we allowed law enforcement and the intelligence community to do its job without political influence. >> reporter: his traditional year end press conference dominated by questions about russia's cyber attack including why didn't the obama administration make a bigger deal about it or retaliate before election day. >> i wanted to make sure that everybody understood we were playing this thing straight. >> reporter: the president said he confronted russian president vladimir putin this past september. >> when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didn't happen was to t