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but the question is, it's not recognized internationally by us either. >> world leaders are reacting to the news of the arrest warrant issued for vladimir putin by the international criminal court. cnn has reporters with all the latest. and new details on a major decision from a federal judge that could have a crucial impact on the mar-a-lago investigation. >> there's been a long time failure by hi estate. the victims of that failure are the students. >> the largest school district in texas is on track to be taken over by the state. how race and ethnicity is playing a role. russian president vladimir putin, the world could be a smaller place than it was 24

hours ago. the international criminal court issue d annals arrest warrant fr the children'ses commissioner alleging they are speedometer for the deportation of children to russia. the international court was created to prosecute individuals accused of such actions. 123 countries recognize its jurisdiction and if putin travels to any one of them, he could potential ly be arrested there. russia is dismissing the warrants since it's not an icc member state. western officials are praiseing the move saying russia has clearly committed tros acrossties. cnn reporters are covering this story. we'll have reaction. clara issa ward is at the hague with an exclusive interview with the chief prosecutor and will ripley is in taipei with a preview of the meet ing with president putin next week in

russia. the icc's chief prosecutor believes putin could stand trial for the crimes, even though russia doesn't recognize the court's jurisdiction. previous trials of war criminals have set is a precedent. here's what he told clarissa ward in an exclusive interview. >> this feels like an historic moment. >> i think it is. it's a very important moment, as the president said. the warrants have been issued and shows that individuals, whatever their position, don't have a free pass. so i think it is very important for that reason. >> what is the next step ? what happens next? >> the next step is the warrants will be circulated. states will have to consider whether they can enforce those

warrant. we'll continue our investigations and we have some other options if the warrants are not complied with regarding applications for confirmation hearing for the future. >> do you believe it's possible that one day we will see president vladimir putin in the dook? >> those that think it's impossible fail to understand history because the major nazi war criminals, all of them were mighty, powerful individuals. yet they found themselves in courtrooms. and that also gives cause for hope that the law can, however difficult it maybe, the law can be supreme. >> is the message today that nobody is above the law? >> the message must be that basic principles of humanities bind everybody.

nobody should feel they have a free pass. nobody should feel they can act with abandon. and definitely nobody should feel that they can act and commit genocide or crimes against humanity or war crimes with impunity. we have an international criminal court. we also have basic laws for international law. there's many different forum around the world, which is reducing the scope and the room for impunity. and fewer and fewer safe havens. so that's an important lesson we need to render effective. >> it feels significant that we're talking about this in terms of months and not years. often the tfeeling that international law is is a slow-moving beast. was that very intentional for you to try to start these investigations moving as

possible? >> not because it's ukraine. i have been representing victims for 30 years. international law has been effective in some cases, and in many cases, but we see it has been pedestrian this some respects. we need to accelerate. that's very important for us. if we feel the law is for us, as prosecutors, as judges, as defense council, we don't feel the weight of responsibility that our people in refugee camps or crossing borders with plastic bags and children in arms and they are flee ing with fear, we're not full tilling our responsibilities under the law, but also as members of humanity as well as we should. >> so this is about justice for victims, not about geopolitics. >> absolute wly.

the law must be about victims and survivors and humanity. >> president biden says the international criminal court makes a very strong point in its case against vice prladimir put. biden voiced his support for the investigation into russia's alleged war crimes calling it justified, but he raised something else. either the u.s. nor russia are members of the icc. jeremy diamond has more from the white house. >> reporter: hours after the criminal court issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin, the white house expressing support for accountability for perpetrators of war crimes. but the white house and president biden on friday stopping short of welcoming the international criminal court's arrest warrant outright. in a statement from the national security council spokeswoman, they say, quote, there's no doubt that russia is committing war crimes in ukraine and we have been clear those responsible must be held accountable. the icc prosecutor is an independent actor and makes his own prosecutorial decisions

based on the evidence before him. we support accountability for perpetrators of war crimes. now on friday, i had had an opportunity to ask president biden for his reaction to this arrest warrant. here's what he said. >> i think it justified it, but the question is it's not recognized international ly by s either. i think it makes a very strong point. >> reporter: what you hear from the president is why we're not hearing a full-throated endorsement from the administration of the latest move by the icc. that's because the united states is not a cig any na toir. and the u.s. has questioned and fought the jurisdiction of the international criminal court, particularly as it relates to u.s. military personnel pointing out that it is not a cig is na toir to that. russia is not either. inside the administration, there's been a rolling debate over how much support the u.s. should extend to the criminal court as it investigates war crimes by the russians in ukraine. in december, though, congress

did nmodify legislation that restricted an administration's ability to help the international criminal court now providing a lot of authorities for the administration to do exactly that. but president biden has yet to make a decision on what he will provide to the court. in the meantime, the administration has been helping others who are investigating russian war crimes in ukraine, including the ukrainian general prosecutor's office. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. we're covering the story from all angles. senior international correspondent david mckenzie is live for us in kyiv. so david, i want to start with you. how is ukraine responding to the putin arrest warrant? >> reporter: the ukrainians have ongoing investigations on all manner of alleged war crimes here. and the prosecutor here in kyiv said this was a momentous

moment. an important moment for international justice. the president zelenskyy talked about the scale of the alleged crimes and the importance of this arrest warrant. >> translator: this is an historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility. more than 16,000 cases have forced deportation of ukrainian children have already been recorded. but they are real full number of deport tees may be much higher. such a criminal operation would have been impossible without the order of the highest leader of the terrorist state. >> reporter: i think what is important to note, and something that clarissa touched on, is the speed at which these investigations from the head court have happened. they have zeroed in on this issue of child abductions, alleged abduction as well as children being move d across th border russian territory, where

they are often into russian society. this is something that's deeply personal to ukrainians and has been one of the worst atrocities that ukraine authorities have happened in this war. but there are many others that have been investigated on a dalety basis. >> back to that issue at stake here, the allegations of illegal deportation of children. you have been looking specifically into that issue and the effect it's had. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: this war has torn apart families in more ways than one as russians took territory from ukraine in the early beginnings of this war, there were mothers that faced a very difficult choice when they were coerced or persuaded to send their children into relative safety into occupied territory or russia itself. we followed or told the story of

one mother several weeks ago who made the dangerous journey to get her child back. >> translator: all of the mothers here separated from their children by the trauma of war. emotions were overrun. it terrified he. all i wanted was the best for my child at the time. >> reporter: her daughter stuck in a russian camp in occupied crimea. all the lessons are in russian. at first glance, the retreat seemed like any other summer camp, but the loyalty expected from ukrainian children is crystal clear. part of what a new yale university study calls systemic reeducation efforts. but their story begins a year ago. the their hometown fell to russian troops. within days the occupiers began

a campaign to res if i the population, coercing thousands of parents to send their kids to the camps. but when ukrainian forces took back their town in november, her daughter was on the wrong side of the frontline. >> a rescue mission for children are now in russian federation. >> reporter: the founder of save cukraine declined to say exactl how they negotiate their entry into enemy territory. just that the mothers can't do it on their own. >> it's impossible to communicate with any russians because you can ask the mothers, they don't want to give children back. >> reporter: but she was ready to take the risk. >> translator: i'm worried. it's emotional that i could see her soon and this is a big deal for me. >> reporter: 11 mothers and 1

father, putting on a brave face, but theirs is a perilous route. from ukraine by road to poland into belarus, through the russian federation, to occupied crimea. >> translator: i could feel it with every cell in my body. i was very emotional when we were closer and closer. >> reporter: save ukraine spent many months plan ning this moment. reuniting families shattered by war, returning children who just want wanted to go home to ukraine. >> translator: once entered, it was an outburst of emotions. once we embraced, it was like a great weight lifted. >> reporter: they gave up the children willingly, but hundreds, perhaps thousands remain. our two countries are at war,

but they are good people everywhere. >> reporter: the icc prosecutor is talking about the most severe cases, which were often in state-run institutions in occupied parts of ukraine. that were then whisk ed away frm those areas and in some cases given russian citizenship and given to russian parents. that appears to be the crux of the icc's prosecution strategy, but of course, the likelihood of putin showing up in the hague is basically zero. >> really touching report there, david mckenzie in kyiv. thank you for that. i want to turn to istanbul for more on russia's reaction. as i mentioned earlier, moscow has been dismissive. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: dismissive is certain ly the word to describe

it. we have heard already from various parts of the russian federation. just yesterday we heard from moscow's u.n. ambassador who said this was simply the decision of a biassed and prejudiced body and accused the icc of being a puppet for larger western nations. we also heard from the kremlin spokesperson. he took to twitter to describe this decision as outrageous and unacceptable. but he also underscored exactly what david was talking about. for russia, it doesn't have any jurisdiction over the russian federation. that message was very clearly reiterated by the foreign ministry spokeswoman, who said that from russia's perspective, this decision has no meaning. take a listen. >> the decisions of the criminal court have no meaning for our country. russia is not a member of the international criminal court and there's no obligations under it. russia does not cooperate with

this body and pretensions for arrest coming from the international court of justice would be legally null and void for us. >> reporter: null and void is how russia sees it. it is unlikely this will have any direct impact on the reality on the ground on russia's continued aggression in ukraine. that was acknowledged by the icc president who spoke to cnn. this isn't a magic wand, but the hope and belief of the icc is this would act as some sort of deterrence. we heard from the europe union's foreign policy chief who said this was an important and historic step taken by the icc. but also he signalled this was simply a first step. this was the beginning of a much longer, much larger process to seek accountability, legal accountability against the russian federation over its

actions and war crimes in ukraine. so this would be a long process. as we have seen in past conflicts, it's the work of the investigation teams on the ground that has proven so crucial in the past. as we heard from our own teams on the ground, across ukraine, those investigation teams are still on the ground working every day, gathering crucial evidence of russia's aggression in ukraine. >> thank you so much. still ahead, a tumultuous week for stock markets come to a close, but the banking crisis are still rattling investors. we'll have the latest coming up. we'll have the the latest on hush money paid to stormy daniels and the possibility that donald trump could soon be indicted. stay with us. ♪ you said close your eyes ♪ ♪ don't lookok down ♪ ♪ fall into me and i'll catch you, darlin ♪ ♪ we'll dance in the e street like nobody's watching ♪

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. let's get back to our top story. the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for russia's president and so-called commissioner for children's rights. the court is is accusing vladimir putin of war crimes in ukraine, saying both the responsible for illegally deporting thousands of ukrainian children to russia. it's the first time an icc warrant has been issued against

a leader of a perm innocent member of the u.n. security council. ch china's foreign ministry says xi jinping will meet with vladimir putin in moscow next week. beijing says the talks will take place from monday to wednesday at the invitation of the kremlin. the war on ukraine is expected to dominate the agenda. its position is to urge peace and promote talks. will ripley takes a look at the meeting. >> reporter: it certainly sends a strong message to the west. despite this news of an arrest warrant against vladimir putin, that president xi jinping is going to visit him in person. his first overseas trip since getting this massive endorsement in beijing for an unprecedented third presidential term. president xu is making his priorities clear here. those are not working with the united states and the west on trying to punish russia for its unprovoked invasion of ukraine.

china has not condemned it. they say russia's security concerns are justified. they have never criticized russia or even called it an invasion. even in this peace plan they drafted up claiming to be neutral while having regular communication between xi and putin. on top of it even though china and russia say they are going to be talking about cooperation and signing bilateral documents, a partnership that will benefit their peoples and the world, there's real concern the united states and nato that they are going to be talking about something that could change the whole equation on the battlefield in ukraine. that is sending chinese weapons in. chinese weapons that would potentially give russian soldiers a far greater fighting edge than they have right now. and that could be very problematic, analysts say, for the ukrainians, even with the western weapons from the united states flown in. the outcome of this meeting with all the storm in the west around

this arrest warrant, they are going to be talking about something that could have real life and real death implications on the battlefield in ukraine. will ripley, cnn, taipei. here's something putin doesn't want, an expansion of nato. finland is get ting the green light to join from two remaining holdouts. they applied for membership last year after russia invaded ukraine. new members must be approved by all countries, but turkey and hungary held back their decisions until friday, when it would start the rad few indication process. hungary is promised to vote unanimously on march 27th. nato's chief says that's about the last thing moscow wanted to hear. >> when president putin said that he doesn't want new countries to join the alliance, that was when finland decided to apply for membership to demonstrate this was for finland

to decide. and finland injoed the alliance, the border with russia with more than double. so president putin is getting exactly the opposite of what he wants. he wanted less nato. he's getting more nato and more nato members as a result of the awe gregs against ukraine. >> finland's president welcomed the news but said the membership isn't complete without sweden. we're looking at live pictures right now of france where protests are already underway. the latest displays of public anger after the government raised the pension age from 62 to 64. these images are coming to us and follow much more violent protests in the streets of paris friday night.

police used tear gas on crowds of protesters as some chanted for president macron to resign. friday night squirm you shalls ashalls . >> reporter: here at the head of the currently blocked by riot police, we're just outside the important building around which all of this has been focused, the national assembly. it was there on thursday that macron's prime minister decided to use his presidential fear to drive through r.s to the economy that would mean that the pension age would go from 62 to 64. now that has ignited two days of demonstrations focused here on the concord, but have spread elsewhere in paris. earlier on in the evening, the

monuments under reconstruction were the focus of the demonstrations, indeed of the rioters. they were backwards and forwards thot only to contain the violence and prevent the monuments and other sites being restored from being damaged, elsewhere there was a burning of cars on the previous day of rioting as the police managed to drive people away from this area. but they took the fight deeper into the city. the local police said so far about a dozen and that nurl is likely to be rising, people have been arrested. 4,000 people attended this rally. rallies have been conducted elsewhere in the country. there's a vote of no confidence scheduled for monday against the government of macron in the national assembly, but even if it that goes against him, it doesn't mean he has to set down. he's elected independently of the national assembly.

then on thursday, the unions both private and public sector unions are expected to bring many, many millions, they hope, out on strike and possibly on to the streets of the entire country in protest against these economic reforms. sam kiley, cnn, paris. it's been a volatile week for markets on both sides of the atlantic as investors digest turmoil in the global banking system. have a lock here. the dow is down 47 points from last week's close. the s&p gained 1.4%. the tech heavy nasdaq popped 4%. european markets did worse. the british foote sit dropped. the french finished 3% lower. the $30 billion rescue of first republic by its peers hasn't soothed investors. the share price crashed 30% on friday. the bank saw the credit rating downgraded by moodies.

shares of the credit suisse closed lower. i spoke with annen assistant professor at uc ur vine say irvine saying social media played a critical role. >> with the use of social media and digital banking combined, these are great technologies that enable us to be more connected than ever before and have access to more information than ever before, but the problem with that is as information spreads so quickly, people can act on it without having time to digest. that's a large part of what happened with silicon valley bank. when the messages were being sent every slack and posted on twitter, people would immediately pull up their phone, go to their banking app and transfer money out without thinking this caused a digital bank run like none other nothing we have seen before.

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there's been a long time fall jury by his estate. the victims of that failure are the students. >> we must continue to protect vulnerable black and brown communities that are going to be disproportionately impacted by this negative, hostile takeover that didn't have to happen. >> the houston independent school district, the largest in the state, is in the throws of one of the biggest takeovers in the country's history. the district superintendent and elected board of trustees are expected to be replaced by a new board appointed by the state

commissioner of education. there's concern the new leaders may not reflect the city's ethnic and racial diversity. some of those students are speaking out. >> this takeover could be the worst thing that could happen. there's hundreds, maybe even thousands of students who are at risk of their schools being shut down because of their low scores. i'm a human. i'm a student. i'm not a test score. >> the the state can remove district officials it if they fail to meet certain standards. an associate are professor of public science at new york university and also the author of "takeover" and joins us live from new jersey. thank you so much for being here with us. we heard the governor of texas there saying they are doing this because students in the houston independent school district are

performing be below par. that does seem to be true. i want to pull up a graphic here. in it you can see the students in the hisd are way below in all these subjects by double digits. clearly there is a problem. don't they have a case? >> yeah, there are significant challenges that students in the houston isd are experiencing. but what we do know from researchers, what we know from examples of school districts that are high performing, that do the kind of things we want for all students is the communities are always an important part of improving the schools. that the local elected officials, the community groups are all part of that. takeovers don't make -- don't improve those conditions. state takeovers push communities

out of the decision making process. as you just had young people speaking, community leaders speaking that these individuals will not have a say in what happens in the school district in houston. so we have over 30 years of evidence to show that while all state takeovers are promised, the kinds of things being promised in texas, they don't turn out that way. it's difficult to improve a school district when communities are pushed to the side. >> it shows test scores go up, but they can lose other things, community involvement and so on, and part of the accusation from the opponents is that they fear the new won't represent the minority students. i want to bring up numbers here. the students are 62% hispanic, 22% black.

>> yes, so this is what's consistent with staut takeovers across the country. they are primarily experienced by communities of color, particularly black communities, but that when the state comes in, they renew the school board and people put in place, they might be be from the substitute of houston, as has been said by the commissioner there, they are not accountable to the citizens of houston. this is what the problem makes it very problematic for the residents in houston. the people who would be there would be accountable to the state and not the city. >> this isn't just happening in texas. i read that some 33 states have passed takeover laws. is this practice growing across the u.s.? >> it's thot necessarily growing. we have been having these types

of interventions since the 1980s. what is growing is the types of interventions going beyond education, which is also very problematic. so the city of jackson, mississippi, is dealing with state legislatures trying to get their policing in the city. the same thing is happening in st. louis pop. so these types of interventions, these takeovers on education matters have been happening for some time. primarily have been experienced by communities of color. >> you have identified it's part of a larger pattern across the country of largely it's a republican-led governments trying to take control of education and policing in largely democratic cities. so why is that? what do you think is going on here? >> so these types of

interventions in communities of color have always happened. we can go back during the reconstruction time where states begin to pass laws to dise disenfranchise black voters. as we go from those laws to when communities gain political power, we see the emergence of these types of interjengss, these types of takeovers. we see it happening with education, but we're seeing it now with different policy levels. policing, controlling of water, controlling of elections, so i think what we're starting to see is the expansion of takeover as a policy for these republican state legislatures and governors, who see cities as something and the people in the cities that need to be controlled because the policies that they are try ing to enact

contradict what the objectives of these republican staut l leaders. so we're probably likely to see this continue to grow. >> there have been a few success stories of takeovers, particularly in latino communities when we're talking about education. we'll have to see how this unfolds in texas. we have to leave it there. thank you so much for being here with us. appreciate it. >> nice to be here. thank you. we'll be right back. ♪ zyrteeeec...♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat cononductor. ♪ go betty! ♪ let's be more than our allergies! zeize the day.y. with zyrtec. i've got moderate to severe plaque psororiasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪things are getting clearer.♪ ♪i feel free to bare my skin yeah, that's all me♪ ♪nothing anme go hand in hand♪ ♪nothing on my skin♪

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