in a capacity orwellian for children s right are both facing war crimes charges in the international criminal court. which is issued warrants for their arrest. is the message today nobody is above the law? i thing the message must be the basic principles of hu humanity. nobody should fear they have a free pas s quick that is the icc chief prosecutor. we spoke to him at the start of this invasion when he was in ukraine and reported extensively throughout the invasion on russia s war on ukrainian people and identity. tonight an exclusive conversation with him on his history making day along with coverage is only cnn can of the impact. first so very quickly here is what president biden just said about the icc decision to cnn jeremy done. i thing it is justified. the question is recognized internationally by us. i thing it makes for a very strong point. for that was go to cnn chief international correspondent clarissa 40 got the exclusive interview. she joins us from the
karim khan, the icc s chief prosecutor. she joins us from the hague. cnn s matthew chance is monitoring russian reaction. he joins us as well as does cnn s ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview at the hague. carissa. reporter: john, well, karim khan was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also for the russia high commissioner for children maria l vova-belova, these are just the first two essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place in ukraine. the prosecutor s office here from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine. but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many differe
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
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