left time bit without any return to power sharing how long can the status go on for? nick s at stormont. decision time is looming for the democratic unionists with signs of division in the ranks. we ll bejoined by the dup and the alliance parties. also tonight. president zelensky has called on world leaders to respond to a horrific, as yet unverified, video of a russian soldier beheading a ukrainian counterpart. we ll be getting reaction from a nobel peace prize winning war crimes investigator. and a suspected billion dollar scam. must have got at least half a dozen calls from half a dozen individuals in the space of about two hours, my phone kept on blowing up. begging me basically to put in more money. a year long bbc investigation has unmasked the men believed to be behind a vast international scam network. good evening.
long they stay, makes this a war crime. and some of them, correct me if i m wrong, who may have parents are considered, are labeled orphans and being adopted into russian families, or fostered by russian families. we found two locations, including the psychiatric hospital and what the russians call a family center in moscow, where children, some of them infants and toddlers, were being adopted and fostered by russian families. after the invasion, putin and the kremlin changed russia s adoption law to allow for the first time adoption of ukrainians. additionally, they added a $200 a month bonus in basically russia s social security system to encourage adoption. so at the end of the day, our number one information source was the statements of russia s own officials as they were promoting the program and speaking about it as something they were proud of. i mean, this is truly sickening. i mean, this is sacred i ve been a war crimes
toddlers are being adopted and fostered by russian families. after the invasion, putin and the kremlin changed rushes adoption law to allow for the first time adoption of ukrainians. additionally, they added a 200 dollar a month bonus in basically russia s social security system to encourage adoption so at the end of the day our number one information source is the statement of russia s own officials as they are promoting the program and speaking about it as something that they were proud of. this is truly sickening, this is sick. i have been a war crimes investigator for 24 years and i have worked on everything from torture to large-scale massacres. this has been one of the hardest reports that i have worked on because i am watching a disaster that is a human rights emergency that is going to radiate for decades for these children. it is happening, and so far, there is little we can do about it. what can be done? well, we have submitted a report to the u. s. department
[laughter] thank you. eric: that s for sure. former president trump slamming justice department decision to appoint the special counsel. to oversee to criminal investigations into him even though federal statute call for that to prevent a possible conflict of interest. the former president saying he would quote not partake in the process. days after he announced he s running for president again in 2024. merrick garland appointed veteran official jack smith as the special counsel. as a result of trump s announcement. smith is a longtime prosecutor former war crimes investigator who lead to investigations now into the key aspects of the departments january 6 probe in the handling of the trove of secret intelligence documents found in mr. tom s home at mar-a-lago. prosecuting public corruption and violations of u.s. intelligence laws including
has appointed jack smith as the special counsel. smith is a longtime prosecutor and former war crimes investigator who will lead two investigations into key aspects of the department s january 6th probe and the handling of sensitive government records at mar-a-lago. eric: republicans now looking at a variety of white house hopefuls for 2024. some of the biggest potential names are addressing the republican jewish coalition in las vegas. among them you see there former vice president mike pence who addressed that group a few years ago and florida governor ron desantis, top of the list for the presidential campaign for 2024. alexandria hoff is live at that event with more on what the republican potential hopefuls are saying. hi, alexandria. reporter: hi, eric. yeah, this is considered the first cattle call, if you will, of the 2024 election cycle, and there is just one confirmed