he joins us as well as ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story that he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview. reporter: john, he 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 the russian height commissioner for children, 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. the prosecutor s office that we hear 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 different war crimes for potential war crimes that we have seen playing out in ukraine, whether it is the bombing of the theater in mariupol where people were sheltering, civilians were sheltering,
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
putin accusing him of war crimes in ukraine. but will the russian president actually be arrested? we ll break down where things go from here. anger boiling over in france. violent clashes between protesters and police as people take to the streets to condemn plans to raise the country s retirement age. plus trump s lawyer ordered to testify. what the ruling means for the investigation into the former u.s. president s handling of classified documents. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we begin with a historic decision by the international criminal court. for the first time since russia invaded ukraine the icc has issued an arrest warrant for russia s president over alleged war crimes. the court says vladimir putin bears responsibility for his scheme to illegally deport thousands of ukrainian children to russia. the icc has also issued a similar warrant for russia s so-called commissioner for children s rights, who oversees the d
swift t as she kicks off her first tour in five years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. in what is at least for this moment mostly symbolic act, an arrest warrant was issued today for russian president vladimir putin now formally charged by the international criminal court for war crimes in ukraine. the court says putin bears individual responsibility for the unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia while there is little expectation of putin ending up in custody any time soon, the charges were nonetheless welcome by ukraine s president zelenskyy, who thanked the court for its willingness to really bring those who are guilty to justice. tonight putin s spokesman dismissed the warrant saying, we do not recognize this court. erin mclaughlin reports from kyiv. reporter: tonight russian president vladimir putin now wanted for alleged war crimeses ththe int
now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow alex, that was terrific. great to see you you too, happy weekend. same to you tonight, there is news in al four of the significan criminal investigation involving donald trump, and al eyes have been on and district attorney alvin bragg and fulto county district attorney fan willis s investigations this week, special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office the