in washington, megan hughes. >> you alluded to this. the potential to escalate on both sides. do we know if the u.s. is planning any other actions against the russians? >> well, the white house not ruling out moves in the future, including potential sanctions targeting putin himself. the big question here is what will this mean for that expected face-to-face meeting between the president and mr. putin, something the president said he wanted to do. no date for that meeting has yet been set. >> interesting. megan hughes live in washington. the russian consulate in san francisco's already closed. it was shut down last summer in response to the kremlin's decision to force the u.s. to cut its diplomatic staff in russia by 755 people. no diplomats were expelled at that time. >>> new information today about the dead lie fire thly fire tha least 64 people in russia. exits were blocked as the flames raged through the building. a fire safety technician at the complex switched off the alarm system after being alerted about the blaze. the fire star

megan hughes, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to megan hughes.hics chief has confirmed that white house officials are looking into a half a billion dollars in loans to jared kushner's family business. kushner, the president's son-in-law and adviser came under scrutiny for holding meetings at the white house with top executives from citibank and another company behind the loans. the investigation was launched to see if kushner violated any laws or ethics rules. >>> russia is vowing to retaliate as president trump expels 60 of its diplomats over moscow's alleged role in the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. the russians were given a week to leave the united states and their consulate in seattle will be shut down. 20 other countries have joined the u.s. and uk in forcing out more than 130 russians in all. the white house says any future cooperation is in russian's hands. >> our relationship with russia is frankly up to the russian government and up to vladimir putin and others in senior leadership in russia. the president wants to

while the legal battle between the two intensifies, abc7 news reporter megan hughes has the very latest. stormy daniels and president trump. daniels whose real name is stephanie clifford broke her silence on 60 minutes. >> y had sex with him? >> yes. >> the president doesn't believe any of the claims that ms. daniels made last night in the interview are accurate. >> reporter: more than 20 million people tuned in to watch those claims. the white house did not say whether the president was one of them. daniels gave an interview to a magazine in 2011 about the alleged affair five years earlier. it was never published and she said she was never paid. but afterwards she alleges she was physically threatened. >> a guy walked up on me and said to me, leave trump alone. forget the story. and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mom and he was gone. >> reporter: she did not provide evidence of the alleged threat, but she claims the alleged encounter is one reason she signed a $130,000 -- with the presi

while the legal battle between the two intensifies, abc7 news reporter megan hughes has the very latest. >> reporter: tonight a chass many between the stories coming from adult film store stormy daniels and president trump. daniels whose real name is stephanie clifford broke her silence on 60 minutes. >> you had sex with him? >> yes. >> the president doesn't believe any of the claims that ms. daniels made last night in the interview are accurate. >> reporter: more than 20 million people tuned in to watch those claims. the white house did not say whether the president was one of them. daniels gave an interview to a magazine in 2011 about the alleged affair five years earlier. it was never published and she said she was never paid. but afterwards she alleges she was physically threatened. >> a guy walked up on me and said to me, leave trump alone. forget the story. and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mom and he was gone. >> reporter: she did not provide evidence of the alleged threat, but s