since early in the morning? do you know how to swim? no one does, yet the raft is full of children. of course we are worried, look, she has two babies, this woman tells us. the kids were practically slipping off the raft. >> our senior diplomatic correspondent, michelle kosinski is at the state department. besides from the fact that declaring it ethnic cleansing is true, what's the statement here? >> a very strong statement, the strongest one yet from the state department. but you could also see this as a way of saying something very strong in the nicest way possible. calling it ethnic cleansing doesn't carry any implications either under international or domestic law. the state department isn't blaming anybody in particular. they're just referring to some elements of the military security forces and other vigilante groups. and the state department also isn't blaming the civilian