00:00The United States just sanctioned the world's court.
00:02On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sanctioned the International Criminal Court.
00:07Not one person, the entire court, in The Hague.
00:10Its American assets, blocked.
00:12United States companies get six months to cut all ties with the tribunal.
00:16Rubio called it a rogue court, a fake ICC, vowing to cripple it.
00:21His line, end your threats, or we will end the ICC.
00:25The court fired back, calling it an assault on the rule of law.
00:29President Tomoko Akane said the court will keep working for victims of grave crimes.
00:33Its host, the Netherlands, called the move deeply regrettable.
00:37The timing is wild.
00:39The same day former ICC judge Navi Pillai won the Nobel Peace Prize,
00:43though the Associated Press says this was planned long before.
00:46So tonight, one question hangs over The Hague.
00:49Can Washington dismantle the ICC?
00:52Which brings us back to the top.
00:54The United States just sanctioned the world's court.
