but we begin with mike vacarra. the president adring reporters a while ago. what the did he have to say? >> a lot to unpack there. we heard from senior administration officials in a conference call. basically the united states, the obama administration is not only responding to what is happening in ukraine and over the course of the last three days, but a very ominous warning, not only from the president but from his advisers speaking on anonymity because they believe russia is amassing troops. very troubling signs. there are designs on eastern ukraine populated with ethnic russians. you can pick that up easily. who is being sanctions? more cronies say senior administration officials. the founder of a commodity trading company. there are some brothers who are construction contractors. a personal banker for vladimir putin and others. an actual bank, they call it a croney bank the senior administration official call it the bank rosa. and as for bluster, remember they laughed it off, the senior russian officials who had been targeted last time american officials

mike vacarra is traveling with the president. >> it was a day of ceremony, symbolism and some substance as president obama traveled to the vatican to meet with the new pope francis for the first time. >> i'm a great admirer the president said as he greeted the holy father. later they sat face to face at a simple wooden desk. it was the pope's working desk. the meeting went long. the two men do share a focus and that was emphasized by the white house. the growing gap between rich and poor, both spent much time on that topic in their meeting. and when they parted company there was an exchange of gifts. the pope presented mr. obama with two large medalians that were set to symbolize the need for peace between northern and southern hemispheres. and he also presented the president with a copy of his work the joy of the gospel. that has served as a road map for the church and its new focus on the plight of the poor. the two talked about need for immigration reform but evidently there was one area of disagreement. what is the president's healthcare law and its requirement. and the contraceptiv