i'm reena ninan.sident obama struck back at russia today for interfering with the presidential campaign. in america's strongest response yet to cyber hacking, the president is expelling 35 russians accused of posing as diplomats. he's closing two russian compounds believed to be used for spying, and he's sanctioning four of russia's top military intelligence officers. we have two reports, including how the russians did it. first chip reid with the president. >> russia was engaging in malicious cyber activity, intended to interfere with our election. >> reporter: and for, that whois spokesman eric schultz says russia must pay a price. u.s. intelligence agencies say the russians were engaged in an effort to harm hillary clinton's campaign, thereby helping the campaign of president-elect donald trump. the administration's retaliatory action mean the 35 government officials from the russian embassy in d.c. and the russian consulate in san francisco have to leave the country within 72 hours. schultz says t

>> reporter: reena, u.s.elligence services don't often release the details of their analysis, but today they did, as part of an ongoing effort to pull back the curtain on what u.s. officials believe is malicious russian cyber activity, code-named grizzly steppe. investigators believe the initial cyberattack of democratic party officials began in the summer of 2015 when the first hacking unit, dubbed a.p.t.-29, sent out a barrage of emails containing a malicious link to over 1,000 recipients, including multiple u.s. government victims. eoce someone clicked on the link, the hackers were in the system. according to the document, the hackers successfully compromised nde u.s. political party and stole email from several coununts. about a year later, in the spring of 2016, another hacking unit called a.p.t.-28 also targeted democratic party officials, and once again, deployed malicious emails that tricked recipients into changing their passwords. according to u.s. intelligence officials, that hack likely gave russi

reena? >> eric, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> well, millions are expected to brave whatever weather hits new york's times square saturday night to ring in the new year. on sunday the place to be will be pasadena, california for the rose parade. security at both will be tighter than ever. here's anna werner. >> reporter: 2 million people are expected to pack this space to watch the ball drop, joined by some 7,000 new york city police officers. they'll be on rooftops, overhead in helicopters, and on the ground, screening revelers twice. at the 11 entrances to times square will be something new this year -- 65 garbage trucks filled with sand, each one weighing 40 tons. the sanitation trucks are designed to stop a terror attack similar to thoset germany. in those incidents trucks were used as weapons and driven into crowds. police in california will be watching along the 5. 5-mile route of the new year's day rose parade. there, heavy water-filled barriers will be in place at dozens of

i'm reena ninan with the western edition of the broadcast. it started as a friday night party inside a senivated warehouse. it ended in what may be the deadliest structure fire in oakland's history. the fire destroyed a two-story building in oakland's fruitval. fruitvaledistrict. officials say many of the victims were in their 20s. carter evans is there. >> reporter: flames tore through this converted warehouse during an electronic music party late friday night. crews attacked the blaze from every angle as fire and smoke poured through windows and walls. dozens struggled to scaept crowded space. >> you tried to, like, figure out where the smoke was coming from, and then we saw where the fire was. it was on the back, left corner of the space. and started yelling and trying to get everyone out. i mean, it all happened really quick. >> reporter: he was a resident artist in the building. after the fire broke out, he and a friend split ways. >> i haven't seen him and there have been flames shooting out of the building for the past 30 minutes. so,

reena, u.s. officials tell cbs news through a combination of forensic evidence and human intelligence, it will reveal new details that have yet to come to light. >> ninan: thanks, jeff. when president obama returns from his hawaii advocacy next week, he planned an all-out press to save obamacare. chip reid is traveling with the president in honolulu. chip. >> reporter: one of the president's biggest worries in his final days of his presidency is the republican congress and the soon-to-be president donald trump will follow through on her promise to repeal obamacare. so next wednesday, the president gl to capitol hill to strategize with congressional democrats on a plan to asset law. the white house says since it was signed into law in 2010, obamacare has provided health coverage to 20 million americans but the law has infuriated some americans and republicans in congress who say it's made coverage for many unaffordable. a key part of the president's strategy will be to try to convince the american

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reena. >> ninan: paula reid, thank you. a pennsylvania state trooper was gunned down in the line of duty last night. 23-year-old trooper landon weaver was fatally shot while responding to a domestic abuse call. the suspect was killed this morning in a confrontation with police. weaver is the 65th officer shot and killed in the u.s. this year. 21 people got the ride of their life last night at the knott's berry farm amusement park in southern california. they got stuck for almost six hours on a sky tram 100 feet up. firefighters used ropes and harnesses to bring everyone down safely. a reminder to be safe on the roads tonight. there's been a jump in drunk driving deaths this year. on average, 28 people a day have been killed in d.u.i. accidents. kris van cleave talked to one woman about how one bad decision changed her life >> reporter: it must be a moment that you think about all the time. >> constantly. >> reporter: christine alexander knows the pain a drunk driver can cause because she was one. when you got in the car wha

>> reporter: well, reena, the u.s. has called this a positive development, but this deal has effectively sidelined america in syria. russia's lethal air campaign in syria has managed to prop up the syrian regime, and it's helped moscow look like a truly global player, really for the first time since the end of the cold war. now perhaps this will allow russia's president, vladimir putin, to portray himself as a peacemaker. and russia has brokered this cease-fire deal not with washington but with turkey, an american nato ally that is growing ever closer to moscow. >> holly williams in istanbul. thank you, holly. >>> today tributes to debbie reynolds filled social media. the actress died yesterday at 84. there were drawings, many depicting reynolds with her daughter carrie fisher, who died one day earlier. some showed reynolds in the rain gear that she wore in "singin' in the rain." and fisher shown as "star wars'" princess leia. last night fans raised light sabers in honor of fisher at impromptu vigils all over the count

reena?-tv, thank you. >>> flirt with 20,000 have to wait until the new year. investors in a selling mood on friday and final trading of the year, sending the markets modestly lower but the mood is bullish. after the start dow jones industrials was up 13% in 2016. >> the past year the u.s. economy added 1.7 million jobs in the private sector and hourly wages increased nearly 3%. what does this mean for 2017? here is jill wagner, a correspondent for cbs "moneywatch." good morning. >> good morning. >> the consumer confidence has hit 13-year high right now. where is the optimism coming from, do you think? >> before the election, consumer confidence was up and a lot of that has to do with the how far is market and job market. unemployment rate at its lowest since before the financial crisis. you can't underestimate the impact that donald trump winning the white house has had, not only on the stock markets, but people are feeling like change is coming. they are feeling hopeful. he talks a lot abou

reena? >> holly williams in turkey.tration could announce plans to punish russia for meddling in the presidential election as soon as today. a senior administration official said that sanctions would likely target leaders in russia's largest intelligence agency. the administration believes that they were behind cyber attacks aimed at helping president-elect donald trump. russia warned that it would retaliate if new sanctions are announced. when president-elect donald trump was asked what he thought, he replied, quote we have to get on with our lives. >>> police in fort worth, texas, are defending the actions of an officer who shot a man. dash cam video shows the officer opening fire on the man last summer as he walked away. the victim's lawyer said he posed no threat. the video's release comes after another controversy involving fort worth police. an officer arrested a woman last week after she called police for help. omar villafranca is outside the tarrant county courthouse in fort worth. omar, good morning. >> good mo

i'm josh elliott with reena ninan and vladimir duthiers. gayle and norah have the day off. >>> a shocking loss of another hollywood great. debbie reynolds. a star from the movies in history's golden age died yesterday at a los angeles hospital. her daughter and actress and author carrie fisher had died just the day before. reynolds career in the spotlight lasted more than 60 years. ♪ good morning good morning it's great to stay up late ♪ >> reporter: reynolds made her name the legendary musical "singin' in the rain" and continued to perform on stage century and made headlines for her personal life. kevin frazier our partner in "entertainment tonight" is in hollywood where reynolds son is talking about her mom's death. >> reporter: todd fisher said he and his mother were planning carrie fisher's funeral when she became ill. her lasts words she missed her daughter and wanted to be her. >> i can't possible be a movie star. i don't have a pair of high heel shoes. it's a joke. ♪ ♪ good morning good morning >> reporter: to her own disbelief debbi

reena? >> eric, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

i'm josh elliott alongside reena ninan and vladimir duthiers. >> russia is kicking out american diplomatsor new sanctions imposed by president obama to a parting scott at moscow. u.s. intelligence official believe that russia launched cyberattacks to influence the presidential election. in response the state department expelled 35 russian governments and closed two russian compounds and sanctioned two of lurussia' top intelligence agencies. >> it is regrettable that the obama administration which started out by restoring our ties is ending its term in an anti--russia agony. >> some of the russian offia the country work in the embassy across the street. on thursday, they were given 72 hours to get out of the country after the obama administration retaliated for what it says was a wave of russian cyber attacks. the clock is ticking for 35 government officials, not only from the russian embassy in washington but also the russian conconsulate in san francisco who have been ordered to leave the country. >> it's outside of the norms of international behavior and the president wanted to make sur

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reena?> anna, thank you so much. >> there will be people that will show up at that -- >> i've had to cover it before. and bring a catheter. >>> well, president obama and his family will return to washington on monday. after their final hawaiia vacation of his presidency. most of his activities are hidden from cameras but the obamas were seen at a honolulu restaurant last night. the president spent more than 100 days in office vacationing on oahu the island where he grew up. but it wasn't all fun all the time. chip reid in honolulu has traveled with the president on all of those vocations. chip, good morning. >> well, good morning. like many people on vacation, president obama is a creature of habit. engaging in the same activities year after year. but of course as president he also has to respond to an unpredictable world because the jobs never end. on his final christmas vacation in hawaii as president mr. obama made history meeting with the prime minister of japan at pearl harbor. >> i hop

. >> then at 8:00 on lectures and histories, the university of maryland cat reena king and how consumer experiences changed during that time. >> instead of selling an automobile as a mens of transportation, from getting you from point a to point b, you can sell a car as prestige. >> just before 9:00, the historian discussed the post-world war ii career of cartoonist sergeant bill maul din. >> mauldin avoided ideological outbursts. back home he jump into the political fray with both feet. >> and sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artartifacts. >> this is a draft version of what became the bill of rights. and we usually refer to this as the senate markup. the senate took the 17 amendments passed by the house and changed them into 12 amendments that after a conference committee it was 12 amendments that were sent to the states for ratification. and ten of those 12 were ratified by the states. >> christine and jennifer take a tour of the national archives exhibit matching the 225 anniversary of the ratification of the bill of rights. for complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org.