run the risk of getting sanctioned themselves with what we call secondary sanctions that would impact china itself. and i think that would be a strong deterrent. now worried about china, this unholy alliance between president xi and putin, we saw at the beijing olympics, and also as it pertains to taiwan and we know president xi is looking at taiwan very carefully and as he watches this conflict in ukraine to make his calculation whether to proceed with an invasion of taiwan. congressman michael mccaul is the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee, tarks for joining us. thanks always, wolf. appreciate it. there is more breaking news just ahead. more than 3 million people have now escaped russia s brutal and unprovoked invasion of ukraine. many to poland. but where do they go now. we have new information when we come back. rdinary memory supplements,
as someone who served as a senior diplomat for so many years, how powerful is it to hear the secretary of state say, yes, he believes russia and putin are committing war crimes in ukraine? well it is powerful. and he was personally agreeing with his boss. who is also powerful statement when the president of the united states said that president putin is a war criminal. so it has an effect. it does have an effect on the reputation, on the self image of president putin who does want to see himself as a great historical figure but not in the way that he wanted. but you mentioned president zelenskyy, today he addressed the german parliament saying, and let me read the quote, he said, this is to the german parliament, every year politicians say never again. now i see that these words are worthless. in europe, a people is being destroyed. do you think that the west will look back on this moment and
michael mccaul of texas. thank you so much for joining us. so you know, the secretary of state now joining the president saying believes russia is committing war crimes and blaming putin personally. putin may never face accountability, but how significant is it from your perspective to label the russian leader a war criminal? well, first of all, it is correct. he s killed civilians. he bombed a maternity hospital and theater with children on it. and all of the civilian casualties and the mass graves, he s in violation of the geneva convention and should be designated as a war criminal. i think it is very significant in terms of putin s psyche. he wants to be nobody as his his looegacy is everything to h. he s in ukraine to basically reclaim the glory that of the old empire. but if his legacy is going to be a war criminal, that is going to be from a psychological
and one day after president biden labelled president putin a war criminal for the first time, we re seeing other officials here at the white house follow his lead as their warning about china alining itself to closely to the kremlin. as president biden is set to speak with xi jinping for the first time tomorrow in four months. president biden unrestrained in his assessment of russian president putin. a pure thug who is waging a war against the people of ukraine. with the kremlin s bloody invasion entering the fourth week, u.s. officials are no longer hesitating in branding putin a war criminal. yesterday president biden said that in his opinion war crimes have been committed in ukraine. personally i agree. russia calling that unforgivable rhetoric and pushed back as survivors were being pulled from the rubble after russia bombed a theater where hundreds of civilians have been sheltering in the basement.
satellite images about the bombing show the word children spelled out on two sides of the theater. if that is not considered a war crime by human beings, what is? the u.s. said putin shows no signs of relenting and may be growing more desperate with secretary blinken warning about his possible next steps. we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating the attacks on the ukrainian people. we believe russia will bring mercenaries from foreign countries to ukraine. president biden will hold a critical call tomorrow with chinese president xi jinping for the first time since november. he will assess where president xi stands. children is considering answering the request for more military equipment in ukraine. we re considering that their