criminal. >> president biden said in his opinion war crimes have been committed in ukraine. personally, i agree. intentionally targeting civilians are a war crime. after all the destruction of the past three weeks, i find it difficult to conclude that the russians are doing otherwise. >> biden and other u.s. officials had previously stopped short of using that label because there's a legal disti distinction. prosecuting a leader for war crimes is complicated. there are multiple probes right now into russia's actions in ukraine including one by the international criminal court. the icc is an independent court with jurisdiction in more than 100 countries that prosecutes individuals for atrocities on the battlefield and acts of genocide. this morning we have an expert to walk us through the ins and outs of these complex cases. bill wiley joins us now. he is the founder and director of the commission for international justice and accountability and he's been