Zelensky hails Putin war crimes arrest warrant as “historic”
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Happening now. |
| 0:03.0 | Now, Vladimir Putin is formally charged with war crimes as the International Criminal |
| 0:08.1 | Court seeks his arrest for an alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia. |
| 0:13.0 | CNN has an exclusive interview |
| 0:15.0 | with the chief prosecutor. |
| 0:17.0 | Also today, a monumental court ruling against |
| 0:21.0 | former President Trump. |
| 0:22.0 | His lawyer has been ordered to testify in the grand |
| 0:24.8 | jury investigation of Trump's handling of classified documents. Stand by for new details on the |
| 0:31.2 | story first reported on CNN. And U.S. stocks slide as fears about |
| 0:36.7 | the banking system persist despite new multi-billion dollar rescues. This hour |
| 0:42.4 | we'll get tips on how you can protect your money |
| 0:45.5 | during these very uncertain times. Welcome to our viewers here in the United |
| 0:50.3 | States and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. The Biden administration just reacted to the new arrest warrant for |
| 1:05.5 | Vladimir Putin saying the US supports accountability for perpetrators of war crimes. |
| 1:11.3 | CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is joining us live from the Hague right now |
| 1:16.8 | where the International Criminal Court issued the warrant for Putin's arrest. |
| 1:21.3 | Clarissa walk us through the significance of this warrant |
| 1:24.4 | and what are the chances that Putin will ever see the inside |
| 1:27.9 | of an actual courtroom? Well, this is certainly a significant moment, Wolf. It comes months, not years after Russia |
| 1:39.3 | first launched its invasion. And according to the chief prosecutor |
| 1:44.0 | Kareem Khan this is the first time that the head of state of a |
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