reach those who survived the air strike on the theater in mariupol. hundreds of civilians had taken refuge inside after their homes were destroyed. and once again, the u.s. is accusing russia of war crimes. the secretary of state echoing a similar allegation made by the president a day earlier. the international criminal court has opened a war crimes investigation. not surprisingly, no one has been charged and there are doubts anyone ever will be but secretary blinken made the point that russian actions speak for themselves. >> yesterday, president biden said that in his opinion, war crimes had been committed in ukraine. personally, i agree. intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. after all the destruction of the past three weeks, i find it difficult to conclude that the russians are doing otherwise. >> the director on the center of democracy, development, and the rule of law at stanford university. she has written or co-edited six books on contemporary russia of the she is with us this hour from toronto. welcome to the program.