commissioner for children s rights are facing war crimes charges from the international criminal court which has issued warrants for their arrest. so is the message today nobody is above the law? i think the message must be that basic principles of humanity bind everybody and nobody should feel they have a free pass. that is kareem khan, the icc chief prosecutor. we spoke to him at the start of the invasion in ukraine and spoke to him extensively throughout the war on the ukrainian people and their identity. tonight an exclusive interview with him on this history making day along with coverage only as cnn can of the impact of it. first, though, here s what president biden said about the icc s decision to cnn s jeremy diamond. i think it s justified, but the question is it s not recognized by us either, but i think it makes a very strong point. let s go to clarissa ward who joins us from the hague. a historic interview for you. reporter: historic interview for us a
florida. algae blooms threatening the east and west coasts and what they are doing to prepare. and taking to the streets protests and clashes with police in france as the president moves to raise the retirement age. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan and a milestone and potential troubling statement on a developing partnership of russia and china. xi jinping is traveling to moscow to meet with putin, and this is first trip since the launch of the war in ukraine. this is coming after cnn has learned that u.s. has intelligence that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia, and the u.n. has said that would kcross a red line. and turkey has said that their country would start the process to ratify finland s nato membership, and that is a significant move. nato requires the unanimous approval of its 30 members to start this move. let s start with will ripley on this trip that xi is planning for his trip to russia?
vladimir putin is formally hichmes release for alleged scheme to deported ukranian children to rural. cnn has an exclusive interview with the chief prosecutor. also, a monumental court rule against former president trump, his lawyer ordered to testify in the grnl investigation of his handling of classified documents. stand by for details on the story first reported on cnn. and u.s. stocks slide as fears about the banking system persist despite multi-billion dollar rescues. we will get tips how you can protect your money. welcome to our viewers from united states and around the world and i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. biden administration reacted to the new arrest warp for vladimir putin saying the u.s. supports accountsability for perpetrators of war crimes. clarissa ward is joining us from the hague where the international criminal court issued the warrant for putin s arrest. walk us through the significance of this warrant and what are the changes that pu
survivors. their cries for help can be heard through the rubble. we need help. we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. survivors being pulled from the wreckage including this toddler. i ll speak with a u.n. official about the recovery effort. also this morning, tensions flaerg with china as the u.s. rushes to collect the debris from that spy balloon. china calling it a clear overreaction. the fallout from that hanging over president biden one day out from his second state of the union address. what we know about tomorrow s high stakes speech. we re going to begin with those massive deadly earthquakes rocking turkey and syria. p nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest on the damage. i m joined by senior communications adviser and spokesperson for the u.n. high commissioner for the refugee office for middle east and north africa. the images coming out of the region are horrifying. children being pulled from
hello, welcome to the programme. a0 migrants who crossed the english channel were brought ashore by the dover lifeboat this morning. so far, just short of 3000 people have crossed in the first two months of this year. that s twice as many as the equivalent period last year. the prime minister says stopping these boats is one of his top five priorities. tomorrow, we ll see how he proposes to do it. his new policy, that s been heavily trailed, suggests that going forward migrants who cross this way will be removed and banned from future re entry and automatically their application for british citizenship will be rejected. we will talk about what is proposed in a second, but let s first hear from someone farzad. he arrived by small boat in 2019, fleeing persecution in iran. he was granted asylum a year ago. he s been speaking to bbc radio 4. now, farzad, if you were in france, where presumably you were safe, and you heard that it was the law in the uk that if you arrived on a bo