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We asked candidates about presidential authority. Here is what they said.

We asked candidates about presidential authority. Here is what they said.

Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov told NBC News that the 2 American veterans who were captured near Kharkiv may face the death penalty. Live updates.

Former-tv analyst, malcolm nance, described fighting in a special ukrainian unit called the international legion. >> it is not just people running around, grabbing rifles, and going on the battlefield. it is a unified force, that is a component of the ukrainian army that is fdeployed on the battle front. but another maeshor american fighting there, james vasquez, told cnn he was moving around loosely. >> right now, i am pretty much a ghost. me -- me and a british soldier -- him and i have been kind of going from unit to unit, you know, wherever we are needed the most. >> reporter: but u.s. o...

Traveling to. >> reporter: state department officials say russian forces could single out americans fighting in ukraine. one official warning that captured americans could be subject to, quote, heightened risk of mistreatment. >> it is not hard to imagine a situation in which a captured american is tortured, is executed on the battlefield, or is just sent back to moscow to be some type of pawn for political exchange. >> reporter: at the time she spoke to cnn, willy cancel's mother said the people who notified her of his death said his body had not been found. and the men who were with him were...