are conceding that victor orban clearly won the most votes here. jose? raf sanchez in budapest, thank you so much. moments ago, president biden spoke out about reports of war crimes by russian troops in the ukrainian town of bucha, calling president vladimir putin a war criminal, and promising additional sanctions against russia. you saw it right here on msnbc. the president s comments come shortly after ukraine s president said during a visit to bucha that what he saw is, quote, characteristic of the russian military and that it is a war crime. he also said that thousands of people were killed and tortured, but nbc news has not independently verified those claims. a warning that what you re about to see is graphic. it is extremely disturbing. bucha s mayor says russian forces targeted civilians in a deadly campaign that left more than 300 people dead, with bodies strewn on damaged city streets. despite video and photographic evidence, russia s defense
ministry has rejected claims that its forces killed civilians in bucha. in response to the images, the u.s. embassy in kyiv tweeted that we cannot stand quiet. the world needs to know what happened and we all must act. joining us now to talk about this, susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today, and rick stengel, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs and an msnbc political analyst. susan, what does accountability look like from the u.s. perspective. well, first of all, we heard the president not use any hedge words when he talked about vladimir putin, as a war criminal. said that they would be gathering evidence for a war criminal trial. that is a significant statement. and it s significant, as well, in that germany is now opening the door to discussions on a ban on russian gas imports. that s something that berlin has been reluctant to do, given their dependence their country s dependence on russian imports of energy.
one of the great unknowns is what will happen and it was said that during his preparation period, supervised by the white hou house, faux protesters tried to interrupt his remarks, just to give him a feel of what can happen. we re happy to be joined by two of our legal experts. starting with the former acting solicitor general. msnbc legal analyst, someone who has argued 37 cases before the supreme court. and maya wily is with us. among her many accomplishments, working in the u.s. attorney s office, for the southern district of new york. thank you for being here, both of you. welcome. counselor, beginning with you,
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to try to distract. and the proeshl ties. those investigations are not an democratic hoax, they are being run by a republican senate, they need to proceed on a bipartisan n nonpartisan basis, and it under mines national security. at the top of the hour, president trump and the king of jordan will be coming up next on msnbc.