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and a texas showdown, a judge hearing arguments right now in the high-stakes lawsuit over abortion pills. this is what we're watching at this hour. ♪ ♪ thank you so much for being here. i'm kate bolduan. the u.s. state department does not call in the russian ambassador every day, but that is what's happened. this is after the pentagon says a russian fighter jets forced down a u.s. spy drone in international waters in the black sea. according to u.s. officials the russians first dumped fuel on the drone similar to the one you see here and then hit its propeller forcing the u.s. ...

To people in russia is not normal. >> joining me right now is stephen wrap, a former u.s. ambassador at large for war crimes issues and he recently served on a panel from outside legal experts at the hague that reviewed evidence against putin for the crime of aggression. ambassador, always great to have you on. thank you for coming in. you have said that the war crimes here in terms of ukraine and russia's invasion of ukraine are on a scale not seen since world war ii. how significant is this move now by the icc? >> well, it's very significant, because i think it may reach the highest levels, ...

Because it's it's factual it's truth. in the cache of papers the canadian investigator has found thousands of internal communications relating to mass arrests. tens of thousands of syrians have been tortured into account in the regime's jails since twenty eleven. arrests and disappearances part of a systematic government policy. we're trying to lay the foundations for prosecution along in the lines where the prosecutors can lead with heavy heavy irrefutable documentary material. stephen wrap former u.s. ambassador at large for war crimes has prosecuted some of the worst mass atrocity crimes in...