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Human trafficking event of our lifetime, it didn't have to happen, that is the saddest thing about this situation, i'm in a border state, we have to absorb this, but i would argue every state is a border state, they are not just staying in texas, they are moving on. every state in the country will have to deal with this problem. trey: that is your homeland security assignment. now foreign affairs, the war in eastern europe is creating a generation of refugees. they are fleeing a genocide, listen to the president and respond. >> none of us it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and ...

Nobody's beneath it. but whether you're a private or a captain or a colonel or a general or a civilian superior, the basic principles apply to you. nobody gets the get out of free card, nobody gets a free pass. every individual must act with responsibility in the -- in their contact and there is this personal accountability. superior orders is not a defense. it is not enough, um, to attack a civilian object and attack women and children, for example, to say i was told to do so. this is an opportunity and a responsibility to mobilize the law, and set it into battle. not on behalf of ukraine or ...

That then will led -- lead to specific prosecution on these crimes. >> so, there is growing recognition, worldwide. we have the u.s. president, you know, calling it genocide. wednesday, the prime minister of canada told reporters there are official processes around determinations of genocide. he went on to say i think it's absolutely right that more people approbe talking and usin word genocide in terms of what russia is doing, what vladimir putin has done. how important is it that not just russia approximbe called o countries like belarus, that they could be guilty, they could be investigated...

Is going to be harder to sustain as time goes by. i want to get your action to president biden for the first time today using the word genocide to describe what vladimir putin is doing in ukraine. president zelenskyy tonight tweeting that they were true words. calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. we are grateful for u.s. assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further russian atrocities. what does president biden's introduction of the word genocide mean in this war now? >> first of all, i think it's plainly true. the genocide con...

The united nations as acts committing with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national ethniccal, racial, or religious group. and president biden doubled down on that tonight. >> i called it genocide because it becomes clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be ukrainian. and the evidence is mounting. we'll let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not it qualifies, but it sure seems that way to me. >> that is yielding some high praise from ukraine's president this evening. he posted on twitter, quote, true words of a true leader ca...