>> WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS
COMING IN TO US AS YOU WERE
SPEAKING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT IS A NEW COMMENT FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
WE WANT TO LISTEN IN.
LISTEN CAREFULLY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU. >> OH.
>> OH.
>> BEST APPOINTMENT I MADE. >> OH.
>> OH.
I THINK HE IS A WAR CRIMINAL.
>> POLAND.
>> SO LET ME REPEAT WHAT YOU
HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN THERE
BECAUSE IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND
MAKE SURE SHANNON AND LEE ANN
AND ALI, HE WAS ASKED BY A
REPORTER IN THE ROOM AT THE
WHITE HOUSE THIS HAPPENED IN THE
LAST 3 1/2 MINUTES, DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A
WAR CRIMINAL.
YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT
TURNAROUND, COME BACK TO THE
CAMERA, ASK THE REPORTER TO
REPEAT THE QUESTION AND THEY SAY
YES, HE SAYS PUTIN IS A WAR
CRIMINAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS
ADMINISTRATION HAVE STOPPED
SHORT OF GOING SO FAR AS TO THIS
POINT.
>> YEAH.
AND IMPROMPTU MOMENT AS YOU CAN
SEE THERE, REPORTERS IN THIS
ROOM AFTER THE EVENT, THE
PRESIDENT WAS MINGLING.
OUR COLLEAGUE KRISTEN WALKER WAS
IN THE ROOM AND HEARD THE
COMMENT FIRSTHAND WHERE THE
PRESIDENT SEEMED TO INDICATE NO
AND THEN CAME BACK THAT YEAH, HE
DOES BELIEVE PUTIN IS A WAR
CRIMINAL.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKING
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ABOUT
THIS FOR WEEKS NOW, WHY THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN ACCUSING RUSSIA OF
WAR CRIMES WHEN THEY ARE BOMBING
HOSPITALS AND CIVILIANS AND THE
THINGS, HISTORICALLY, HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERED WAR CRIMES.
THEY HAVE DEFERRED.
BUT CLEARLY THE PRESIDENT
CHOOSING IN THIS MOMENT TO SHARE
HIS FEELINGS AND WHAT HE THINKS
ON THAT.
>> ALI, LET ME GO TO YOU, WORDS
MATTER ON THE INTERNATIONAL
STAGE AND THE WORDS FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MATTER.
VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL HEAR THOSE
WORDS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL HEAR THOSE
WORDS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
MOST PEOPLE HERE IN UKRAINE WILL
ALSO AGREE WITH.
QUITE FRANKLY, HALLIE, THEY HAVE
MUCH WORSE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
VLADIMIR PUTIN THAN A WAR
CRIMINAL.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE SITUATION
HERE ON THE GROUND IS JUST SO
DEVASTATING.
I MEAN TAKE MARIUPOL FOR TODAY
THE CITY HAS BEEN LAID TO SIEGE.
WE'VE GOTTEN REPORTS THAT A
THEATER IN MARIUPOL WHERE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE TAKING
COVER FROM THE RELENTLESS
SHELLING HAS BEEN HIT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS OF HOW
MANY CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED
OR INJURED IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN
ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT'S THE WORSE
CASE SCENARIO.
THE RED CROSS SAYS IT IS A WORSE
CASE SCENARIO IN MARIUPOL.
ON SOME GOOD NEWS OUT OF
MARIUPOL, MAYBE 20,000 PEOPLE
GOT OUT YESTERDAY AND ABOUT
2,000 CARS, BUT MOST OF THOSE
PEOPLE IN THE CITY LAID TO SIEGE
OVER THE HORRIFYING REPORTS THAT
RUSSIAN TROOPS HAD TAKEN OVER A
HOSPITAL IN MARIUPOL, KEEPING
HOSTAGE ABOUT 400 DOCTORS AND
PATIENTS.
THEY'RE USING THAT HOSPITAL TO
FIGHT THE UKRAINIANS AND USING
THOSE CIVILIANS IN THAT HOSPITAL
AS COVER SO THEY DON'T GET HIT
SO THE UKRAINIANS DON'T SHELL
THAT HOSPITAL.
THE HUMAN TOLL IS ASTONISHING,
HALLIE.
THE UNICEF SAYS ONE UKRAINIAN
CHILD IS BECOMING A REFUGEE
EVERY SECOND.
1.5 MILLION CHILDREN HAVE HAD TO
FLEE THEIR HOMES.
WE SPOKE TO A UKRAINIAN FAMILY
THIS MORNING THAT HAD STAYED IN
KYIV AS LONG AS THEY COULD.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR
CITY BUT THEY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR
CITY FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR
CHILDREN.
THEY'RE NOW LIVING WITH FRIENDS
HERE IN LVIV.
I ASKED THEM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF THE BOMBING COMES TO LVIV,
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO TO
POLAND BUT HER HUSBAND HAS TO
STAY AND FIGHT.
HE'S NEVER PICKED UP A GUN IN
HIS LIFE.
HE'S NEVER BEEN IN THE ARMY BUT
HE'LL PICK UP ARMS AND FIGHT
THEM BECAUSE HE FEELS A
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS CHILDREN,
HIS COUNTRY AND THE FOLLOWING
GENERATION.
YOU ASK ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND
YES, THEY'LL TELL YOU VLADIMIR
PUTIN IS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES.
>> AGAIN, WHAT WE HEARD FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE LAST
LITERALLY THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE
MINUTES HERE IS THIS ASSERTION