mr. president, what made you use the word genocide today? yes, i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being ukrainian. howard: president biden framed it exactly right this time, unlike his call to oust putin from power which prompted confusion and criticism. this time, biden said let the lawyers decide if it meets the international definition but, quote, it sure seems that way to me. and i would add, to the world. we often think of genocide being aimed at an reality nick, racial or religious group. but the legal definition also includes killing or harming a national group, and that s what this war is, killing ukrainians because they are ukrainian, because the russian autocrat has decided their country has no right to exist. that s a a fact, and the media establishment should start using