ok, the international criminal court in the haig is shortly going -- in the hague is shortly going to hand down its verdict on a congolese leader. this is the scene at the court right now. we'll see in a moment -- this is the courtroom, yeah. thomas lubanga is accused of sending child soldiers to kill and be killed in a brutal ethnic conflict. his trial is going to be the first verdict delivered by this permanent international criminal court. it was established in its permanent a some 10 years ago now. from the hague, peter biles sent this report. >> the international criminal court is different from the ad hoc tribunals that have dealt with the former yugoslavia, rwanda, and sierra leone. this court is a permanent institution, but it's taken 10 years to bring the first trial to conclusion. thomas lubanga was the leader of the congolese patriots, a political group in the democratic republic of congo, which prosecutors say had an armed wing that used child soldiers. this i.c.c. trial is the only one to date that is solely related to the use of children in conflict. >> if we find guilty

the years of negotiation proceeded that some of our original presumptions about what the international criminal court would evolve as and be -- and be constituted as were changing because other countries were involved in negotiations and an international negotiation the dynamic changes so by the time we reached 1998, some of our positions were deemed modified by other countries. so it became a very, very difficult process for me in washington, the interagency particularly with the defense department as to what this court would ultimately look like in its final form and that's why in rome in 1998, my final position as to the final text of the rome statute was actually a negative one, not because we didn't think 95% of it was fantastic. it was but it was that final 5% that was the final problem. and, of course, we worked on that in the aftermath and ultimately the treaty was signed in the clinton administration at the very end of the administratio administration. >> so i want to have harold an opportunity to respond and maybe just picking up on david to bring the story of the international criminal cou

international community around the creation of courts that really needed the support of the international community to be successful. >> now, the other major institution which you discussed in your book is the international criminal court and you were the lead u.s. negotiator in negotiating in rome the statute that led to the creation of the court. give us a little bit of the insider feel of those negotiations. what were you trying to achieve and now looking back 10 years later, the u.s. is not a party to the court. there's lots of controversy within our own country about the wisdom of whether or not to join the court. what's been the legacy of that? >> president clinton stated the fact six times publicly during his presidency that he wanted to see the permanent international criminal court built and in one of those statements he said, i want it built by the end of this century. so those are my instructions. i was the ambassador at large for war crimes issues. that was my job. and so the united states actually had a very determined point of view about actually building the international criminal court. and i had a large interagency process behind me. in fact, my colleague harold koh was part of that process and a

the trial became the first legal proceeding to be conducted from beginning to end at the international criminal court. he showed little emotion at the verdict. the court did not hand down a prison sentence on wednesday, but the warlord from the congo could face life behind bars. >> the united nations security council must find common ground on a crisis in syria. that was the message from angela merkel today. she held talks with the prime minister, who echoed her call, saying the people of the whole arab world are demanding their rights. >> human rights group amnesty international has released a report saying prisoners in syrian jails are being systematically tortured. meanwhile in what now threatens to become an all-out civil war, violence is continuing in several parts of syria. >> fighting in the north syrian town on the turkish border has left a trail of carnage. when the troops on both sides and scores of innocent victims all around. syria if's army has gained control of the city after intense fighting with rebels, but amnesty international says president assad's forces used appalling brutality.

amnesty has called on the international criminal court to investigate what they say are widespread crimes under international law and of the gross violations of human rights. they say the icc has been constrained for political reasons. russia and china have the code resolutions. amnesty would like the human rights council to act. syrians involved in torture should be left in no doubt, the organization says, that they will one day face justice. >> for more on the current crisis in syria, one year after the first protest erupted, we are joined by the author of "the arab uprising, the unfinished revolution that the new middle east." let's talk about this idea of the call for sirte officials to be taken to the international criminal court. -- for syrian officials to be taken to the international criminal court. what are the chances of this happening and what impact would this have? >> it is true that you probably need to go through the security council the right now you have russia are really holding the line on stopping international military intervention which the u.s. does not want and whi

amnesty has called on the international criminal court to investigate what they say are widespread crimes under international law and other gross violations of human rights. they say that the icc has been constrained for political reasons. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolutions. instead, amnesty would like to human-rights council to act to gather evidence that lead to prosecution spent the syrians involved in torture should be left in no doubt, the organization says, that they will one day face justice. the >> for more on the crisis in syria one year since the first protest erupted, i spoke to a professor and author of "the arab uprising." thank you for being with us. let's talk about this idea for the call for syrian officials to be taken to the international criminal court. this is something that you have advocated. what are the chances of it happening and what impact do you think it could have? >> it has greater chances that a lot of people believe. it is true that you probably need to go through the security council but you have russia holding the line on sto

is it possible to pivot somehow to have even for example attention paid on the international criminal courtall, the u.s. has not signed nor ratified the international criminal court. it's an opportunity to educate people on those basic principles of international governance, of international norms, rules of the road, however you call it that bring about a better world. >> not to mention all the other problems in africa. >> problems but also opportunity. what we see not only in tunisia and egypt but what we see around the continent is people taking their destiny in their own hands. how can we use the technology, use the social media in ways that help young people 13 to 24 reach out to support young people delight in africa to have direct conct, direct dialogue and direct engagement. >> warner: dawn, back to you, do you see a scenario for getting from this new awareness... i mean, they've already succeeding in making him way more famous than he was. >> certainly. >> warner: to actually action in the end that will affect the lives of young... of african children which is the ostensible purpose

. >> we want him captured and alive for the trial at the international criminal court. >>> the viral video setting out to change the world the fast growing internet campaign to bring an ughhh. trash builds up and can make your dishwasher smell. over time, grease and residue get stuck inside. for an intensive clean, use finish dishwasher cleaner. it's taking out the trash for your dishwasher. >>> good morning. we made it just about to the weekend. live pictures of the bay bridge traffic moving back and forth, east and west without problems. frances dinglasan will have more for you. >> the oakland radio evangelist who warned the world would end last may 21st, is calling his prediction incorrect and sinful. 90-year-old posted a message on his website saying he's learned the painful lesson that god will end time in his time. not ours. he added he has no new evidence pointing to another doomsday date. >>> evangelical christian leader pat robertson an jumping on the marijuana legal band wagon. he says people should not be sent to prison. he says smoking cannibus should be treated the same

the international criminal court at the hague found the congress lease -- congolese warlord guilty ofng child soldiers in 2002-2003. it's the court's first verdict since it was set up 10 years ago. he'll be sentenced at a later hearing. you've got details of the tragic coach crash in switzerland. >> that's right. swiss prosecutors investigating wednesday's coach crash in the tunnel in the alps which killed 28 people, have said there is no evidence the driver was speeding. 22 of the dead were school children from belgium and the netherlands who were on their way home after a skiing holiday. 24 others were injured. the coach crashed into a wall in the road tunnel near sierra. from there, christian frazier has more. >> they worked long through the night, searching for the survivors in cramped and traumatic conditions. embedded in the tunnel wall, the coach, filled with 11 and 12-year-old children, those who could had already climbed out of the wreckage but many of their friends were still trapped inside. over 200 emergency workers were called to the scene. there were 12 ambulances and ei

think that sure there is this law that's on the books but why shouldn't this be handled in international criminal court right or something i guess you could say knows no no national boundaries in a sense well the i.c.c. doesn't. have jurisdiction over over corporations so it couldn't be brought before the international criminal court but i think more importantly is the fact that corporations that are here in the united states that are enjoying the benefits of being here and here in this country are financially benefiting are making money here are advertising here doing business here they need to be aware and subject to our laws and our international law is very clear that. torture for every child labor killing genocide this is illegal and for corporations or anyone to argue that well it's illegal for everyone else but but not us because we're a corporation is it's really going to be it's a right we all keep using the product so you know if you want to make arguments about child labor then we still want to buy the cheapest goods that are made in china everybody clearly goes crazy if gas prices start to

the endgame here is to have arrested this year two thousand and twelve brought to the international criminal court and for the u.s. to keep one hundred military advisors that were deployed last year there to help it happen but there's a lot of critique out there a lot of people should learn consider before they donate so let's take a little bit deeper into this not so with me is christopher chambers author of the blog turner's revenge and lecture at georgetown university chris thanks so much for joining us tonight. for starters before we get into the details here the history or this organization thirty nine million views on you tube it's only been up there since monday and i think it has maybe another six million of e-mail and that is a viral video of a person running. that's that's the very definition of viral and that's the whole point i mean this is you know the filmmakers couched this as an experiment and we are moving into another age with this i mean you saw it with occupy wall street you saw it with the arab spring i mean this is a new tool social media and people are using it this is a new

the thing is, the international criminal court has indicted him. they indicted him five years ago. ow about it, because the international criminal court doesn't have a company that's spreading this around, the story around. and so we need to make sure that when he is captured and brought to the international criminal court, the world knows and the world celebrates. >> i do believe within a week you will be over 100 million, 200 million. i was talking to people last night, my son rang me to tell me about it. he's 14. my producer's children told him about it. this is what is happening now literally around the globe. i think you're going to get this incredible amount of eyeballs. the question is, what do you think can come of this in the next couple of months? >> the next step is how do you translate the awareness and translate this amazing movement into tangible change and action? so the beauty of this is it starts with a movie. the movie is the entry point to the mission. so this they can demobilization and reintegration of all of the lra fighters. >> we're living in dramatic times.

the thing is, the international criminal court has indicted him. they indicted him five years ago. t know about it, because the international criminal court doesn't have a company that's spreading this around, the story around. and so we need to make sure that when he is captured and brought to the international criminal court, the world knows and the world celebrates. >> ben, it's certainly the case now that the world knows. i mean, you've got the whole world following this now on social media and on televisions around the world and so on. what is the next move for your organization? >> well, i still don't know if the whole world knows. >> it doesn't yet. it doesn't yet. only 45 million people have watched the film, which is incredible, and blew away our expectations. >> crazy. >> but what if that's 100 million. why not 200 million? >> i want to go for a billion. >> i'll tell you what, i think you're going to get there. i'd relax if i were there, guys. i think the speed at which this is going around the world, i really do believe, within a week, you will be over 100 million, 200 mi

the thing is, the international criminal court has indicted him. they indicted him five years ago. ut it, because the international criminal court doesn't have a company that's spreading this around, the story around. and so we need to make sure that when he is captured and brought to the international criminal court, the world knows and the world celebrates. >> i do believe within a week you will be over 100 million, 200 million. i was talking to people last night, my son rang me to tell me about it. he's 14. my producer's children told him about it. this is what is happening now literally around the globe. i think you're going to get this incredible amount of eyeballs. the question is, what do you think can come of this in the next couple of months? >> the next step is how do you translate the awareness and translate this amazing movement into tangible change and action? so the beauty of this is it starts with a movie. the movie is the entry point to the mission. so this they can demobilization and reintegration of all of the lra fighters. >> we're living in dramatic times. so the

. >> this is at the international criminal court. s what we're asking for. >> that when viewers to call, tweet. idea, create a celebrity enlist more supporters. at the video was posted on monday.on then on thursday the oprah kicked in. e number of clickds skyrocketed. was sweeping past 38 million today. >> did you have had an hour of life? >> 4% of all tweets were about crimes. >> i am aware of it and have been briefed on it. is not without critics. though it is still dangerous, is the locker uganda.ing the united states already has special forces in the region. critics are weighing in on facebook. and the face behind it and directly tos going uganda.dren of >> we spend money on advocacy and awareness. >> his mission is simple. nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. >> still to come, it is a movie relentless advertising campaign. >> you have definitely seen the commercials. it is described i was paying too much with cable. paying so much, you want better quality. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. for t

it targets a guerrilla leader wanted for atrocities by the international criminal court. why this video is drawing many young people to take action its now more than 40 million people have seen this video on you tube. this brings new meaning to the power of the internet and phrase "power of the people". >> he has been kidnapping children into his rebel group. >> this 30 minute video made joseph kony the world's most notorious criminal. >> turning girls into sex slaves and boys into soldier autos what he is accused of doing has attention of millions around the world. especially young people like these high school students in oakland. >> their brother was kidnapped to be a part of an army being taught to mutilate other kids. >> the video produced by a nonprofit group invisible children and went viral. >> they showed the video i tweeted it 40 times. >> at least 40. >> camille is with uc berkeley's human rights center. >> that is the power of social immediate yachl i think this campaign and situation is really perfectly situated to draw on the power of social media. >> my mom

. >> we want him captured and alive for the trial as an international criminal court. >> the film urged viewers to call, e-mail, tweet, 32 policymakers. the idea so to create a celebrity army to enlist more supporters and it worked. video was posted on u-tube monday, then tuesday filmmakers say the oprah effect clicked in and then the clicks skyrocketed passing 25 million mark sweeping past 38 million today. >> just a half an hour of your life, watch the video. >> 4% of all treats was about kony's crime. >> i'm aware of it. >> this movie is not without critics. some say the guerilla army is still dangerous but no longer terrorizing uganda and they have 100 special forces. and they are raising questions about the faith based group behind the movie and whether the money is going directly to the children of uganda. >> we do spend money on our films and we are proud of that. we are not ashamed of that. >> his mission is simple. nothing is more powerful than idea whose time is come. >> dan: it look like the earth dodged a bullet beird by the sun. magnetic eruptions released two huge bursts o

. >> we want him captured and alive for the trial as an international criminal court. >> the film urgedrs to call, e-mail, tweet, 32 policymakers. the idea so to create a celebrity army to enlist more supporters and it worked. video was posted on u-tube monday, then tuesday filmmakers say the oprah effect clicked in and then the clicks skyrocketed passing 25 million mark sweeping past 38 million today. >> just a half an hour of your life, watch the video. >> 4% of all treats was about kony's crime. >> i'm aware of it. >> this movie is not without critics. some say the guerilla army is still dangerous but no longer terrorizing uganda and they have 100 special forces. and they are raising questions about the faith based group behind the movie and whether the money is going directly to the children of uganda. >> we do spend money on our films and we are proud of that. we are not ashamed of that. >> his mission is simple. nothing is more powerful than idea whose time is come. >> dan: it look like the earth dodged a bullet beird by the sun. magnetic eruptions released two huge bursts of live

. >> joseph kony is wanted by the international criminal court for abducting children and forcing them to be soldiers or sex sex slaves. the video encourages people to contact celebrities and politicians and asks them to take a stand. and plaster posters of kony all over the world. the video oversimplifies the issues. ktvu.com has a link to kony 2012 video. if you'd like to see it look for the web link system. >>> a deal will be signed today on transferring control. this has been a long delayed issue. it didn't give specific details on the agreement just that the prison control will be in the hands in the afghan government. >>> 4:46. the president of virginia tech will take the witness stand today in the wrongful death suit connected the 2007 campus shootings. 37 people died in that massacre. student gunman later turned the gun on himself. the lawsuit claims university officials were too slow to respond and later tried to cover up their mistakes. >>> three san leandro high school students are a hunger strike to protest the fifth year of budget cuts. they stopped eating three days ago a

it targets the resistance army and their leader, a bush fighter wanted by the international criminal courtor crimes against humanity. the group "invisible children" was among the top 10 trending terms on twitter. to learn more about the video it's posted on our web site, check it out at abc2news.com. check on the news tab and then the world tab to watch the video. >>> 5:26. investigators in florida are now trying to figure out how a fuel truck ended up on train tracks. >> details on the accident that sent massive flames into the sky. >> plus, it's 35 pounds of terror. one elderly lady has had enough. why she won't call animal control. >> it's breezy but blustery through the afternoon. details coming up. >> and a great start to this thursday morning. no accidents to report but we'll let you know if there are any coming up next. >> for now let's head to new york for the latest in business news. >> good morning. topping "america's money" -- we -- the federal reserve says consumer borrowing rose by almost $18 billion in january. the biggest increase was auto and student loans. borrowing on cre

he was indicted by an international criminal court for crimes against humanity, including kidnapping, rape, and murder. >>> one of the largest storms in five years happened last night and most of us didn't even notice. this is a picture from nasa of a solar flare. it's part of a solar storm which began tuesday night and lasted through much of wednesday night. forecasters at the atmospheric administration say the storm created a cloud of charge particles headed state for earth. it has the ability to disrupt some power grids, gps and airplane flights or it could just create colorful auroras in the sky. let's hope for the latter. >> those pictures are so beautiful, they don't even look real. >>> 4:36 now. coming up at 4:41, some air bag concerns put more than a half million toyotas on a recall list. >>> at 4:50, kids may threaten to hold their breath if they don't get their way. find out what it means for parents if they carry through on that threat. >>> your weather first in to minutes. you do not need the jacket today. we'll be right back. >>> 4:39 on this thursday morning. it's going

responsible for syria goes to human rights abuses, enough to warrant prosecution by the international criminal court. >> assad could simply issue an order to stop the killings, and the killings would stop. we also find that full sections of the security and military intelligence all report directly to him, so this is the kind of thing back judges hearing cases on crimes against humanity will be looking at. >> despite the peace plan, there are no signs of the violence letting up. fighting has increased along the border with lebanon, as well as other syrian cities. >> the palestinian prime minister was in berlin on tuesday -- wednesday, i should say -- to meet with the german foreign minister. the topic of discussion -- millions of euros in aid. >> germany has promised upwards of 70 million euros this year to help palestinians and with their infrastructure. both leaders say would they want to ensure the world does not forget about the israeli- palestinian issue. >> in the shadow of the israeli security fence, palestinians are modernizing their infrastructure. the german palestinian steering committee

happened was back in 2007 joseph kony said i will sign the peace deals but i need the international criminal courts do drop all charges against me. the court did not drop the charge. they said no, we need to bring you to justice. as a result joseph kony did not sign the peace deal. this film does not portray this as expect of it. should they have allowed ugandan government and the lra fix matters themselves? that's a great question. >> we don't know if they would have had a peace deal there but if it turns out that they would have that's a really tough question to answer. i might have taken peace rather than justice in that case. that's a tough thing to say because i'm obsessed with justice. but it's a tough tough call. we're not in that time. we're in this time where it would certainly help to get joseph kony, and they've done an unbelievable job in drawing attention to it, and there is a lot to learn from it. ana, thank you for that story. we appreciate it. she's a bit of an expert on that. i love that. now when we come back--when you know, mitt romney did a pledge to the more mormon church when

the international criminal court has convicted old warlord in the democratic republic of congo of using children as soldiers and a tribal war thomas lubanga will be sentenced at a later hearing and could face up to life imprisonment prosecution also accused him of using children as young as nine bodyguards and sex slaves. iran's president has appeared before parliament to answer questions regarding his foreign and domestic policy decisions mahmoud ahmadinejad is accused of mismanaging the nation's economy and challenging the authority of that country's supreme leader he denies the allegations of but now faces calls for his impeachment it was the first time since one nine hundred seventy nine but iran's parliament has summoned the president. meanwhile in iran iran has rejected allegations by the u.n. nuclear watchdog that it tried to clean out the radioactive evidence of secret nuclear work at a key military site so far and also says it's ready to allow i.a.e.a. inspections there but under certain conditions meanwhile television backing down from its threat to attack but its policy or re

and that record can be used later at the international criminal court ifs that becomes the case. it also is an element for us that we believe can be used at the security council to try and edge this mandate to protect a little bit higher. they come in numbers, you know, six is your mandate. six means that you stand there with your gun in your hand and if everybody gets killed in front of you, as long as they don't shoot you you don't do anything. we would like it to get to a seven, you know, we would like the mandate to be raised just enough to say we have a responsibility to protect the people that were standing there in front of. that's something that we might be able to do with something like the satellite project because it makes it harder and harder for china and russia and the people who always veto raising this mandate it makes it harder to argue the fact that this is rebel infighting and that's our goal is to try to keep this constant drip of the idea that everyone is watching right now. so you cannot completely deny what's going on. >> are you impressed with what is happ

joseph kony is the man wanted by the international criminal court kidnapping children in africa for 26 years forcing them into his army and then turning them into sex slaves. now a half hour documentary called kony2012 is drawing worldwide attention in an effort to catch him. >> we are living in a new world, facebook world in which 750 million people share ideas, it's a global community bigger than us. joseph kony was committing crimes for 20 years. and no one cared. we care. >> one goal of the film is to keep u.s. military advisors in africa trying to track down kony. >>> senator john mccain says that the u.s. should launch air strikes in order to stop the violence in syria. the arizona republican says president obama needs to do something to remove syrian president bashar assad from power. defense secretary leon panetta says now is the know the time for such a move although the president has asked the pentagon for a preliminary review of military options. the united nations says 7500 people have been killed since assad's government began cracking down on anti- government activists. >

. >> we want him captured and alive for the trial at the international criminal court. that's what we're asking for. >> reporter: the film urged viewers to call, e-mail, tweet 32 culture and policymakers, from george clooney to lady gaga to bill clinton. the idea? to create a celebrity army to enlist even more supporters. and it worked. the video was posted on youtube monday. then tuesday, filmmakers say the oprah effect kicked in. as she and other stars, like justin bieber and ryan seacrest, tweeted about it. the number of clicks skyrocketed, passing the 25 million mark yesterday, sweeping past 38 million today. >> you have half an hour of your life. watch the video. >> reporter: at one point, 4% of all tweets were about kony's crimes. it's quite simply a phenomenon. >> i'm aware of it and have been briefed on it. >> reporter: but this movie is not without critics. some say kony's guerrilla army, though still dangerous, is no longer terrorizing uganda. and the united states already has 100 special forces in the region. the critics are weighing in heavily on facebook, t

with the eurasian union that's coming in the international criminal court to kyoto protocols this is the way to build your allies and to have influence i think russia is much more influential now than the u.s. because of its use of salt i want to talk about foreign plus a little bit more iran you think the opposition is going to want to talk to putin over the next six years. i don't think so and i don't want to because they're maximalist in their approach rule. first of all we had a problem with the definition of what's the open opposition what i would call the opposition now this people who organized the protests and they are not interested in any kind of day in dialogue or debate and they didn't engage in one they had only one message and that they were trying to convince the words that the russian elections where fraud and would be fraudulent and they're trying to convince that putin is a repressed able to return. person which is not at all ok i think it's very interesting is that if the opposition doesn't want to talk to putin putin can just call up their agenda very easily. well