what are the odds that he actually faces justice? plus former president trump s attorney ordered to testify as part of the investigation into the formerer president s handling of classified documents. how he could turn out to be one of the most crucial witnesses in the special counsel s probe. it s thick in the summertime, builds up and smells terrible. it s also headed right for the u.s. away we know about the 5,000-mile massive seaweed make ing its way to the east coast and the impact it is will have on florida s beaches and tour u. for just the second time ever, a 16 beats a 1. plus another stunning upset in the ncaa tournament. a huge underdog 16 seed knocking out a number 1 in the first round of the tournament. andy scholes is laughing at our brackets. it s a dumpster fire out there. we start this morning with big international news. the president of russia is now aed man. the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and the countr
we start this morning with big international news. the president of russia is now aed man. the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and the country s children s rights commissioner this an alleged scheme to deport children to russia. the kremlin is rejecting these allegations. kremlin spokesman tweeted russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the court and accordingly, any decisions of this kind are null and void for the russian federation from the point of law. ukraine s minister of foreign affairs says the wheels of justice are turning and president volodymyr zelenskyy thank ed the icc for its historc decision. let s go live to ukraine and seen your international correspondent david mckenzie joining us from kyiv. david, what happens from here? i know this is hugely at least symbolic.
what happened here, alice. patti ann: legal perspective, we have jordan, with us. some people say there is a challenge whether or not it was proper for the president to invoke the privilege under these circumstances. how so? there is one important part. the bush loves to talk about bush s sus of executive privileges clinton 14. courts don t care. they look separately. all these numbers meaningless in the point of law. just a you at thatting point. doesn t matter. there are two kinds of executive privilege. one is presidential communication privilege. that if you re talking to the president. that is nixon kind of situation. a higher bar overcome. not asserted here. what is asserted here is very general but shouldn t be as general as it was. you have to still tell people what are you trying to get a privilege over, what documents. it is called deliberative discussion privilege. so what the problem though for the department of justice eric holder has been testifying since 2011 about thi