paul lester with the deepening crisis in ukraine. looks like ukraine's government has gone on the offensive again is pro russian troops but a given any progress so far. it appears so daniel the ukraine government says it has regained control of the central government building in the eastern city of nerd you call from pro russian separatists. several people were reportedly injured during the overnight operation. another military strike is also said to be taking place in the city is mommy asked for ukrainian forces are slowly taking back key checkpoints. cover the separatists are still occupying buildings in a least a dozen other towns in eastern ukraine. tensions have been rising after pro russian militants rejected a four week deal reached in geneva last week to de escalate the conflict meanwhile moscow's foreign minister sergei blackrock has warned russia will response or latent interest in ukraine are directly attacked. and turning out to the middle east the united nations secretary general on the moon has called on the security co

regard to john paul ii, there are many who question given his reign during the time of discovery during priest sexual abuse, many wonder why he is being made a saint today. >> well, lester, john paul ii was a great reformer of the priestho priesthood. in 1978 the catholic priesthood was in difficult shape. it was a tough 20 years, many priests left the act of ministry. some areas were in a state of disarray. and we now know that a small minority of priests had, in a horrible way, betrayed the trust reposed in them. john paul ii set about the reform of the priesthood from the beginning of his uppontifi e pontificate, and when he became fully informed of the abuse crisis in the united states in the spring of 2002, he took decisive action to make sure, as he said to the american cardinals, there is no place in the ministry of the church for those who would harm the young. so i think the judgment of the church in this canonization is to see him as a reformer of the priesthood. a man who bent every effort to make sure that these horrible sins and crimes were not committed in the future. >> father, historically, it has been many, many, many years between a person's death and

paul ii. there are many who question giving his reign during a time of discovery of presexual abuse, some are wondering why he is being made a saint today. >> well, lester, john paul ii was a great reformer of the priesthood. in 1978 when he was elected, the priesthood was in difficult shape. it had been a tough 20 years, many priests left the active ministry and seminary was in disarray. we know a small minority of priests had in a horrible way betrayed the trust reposed in him. he set about the reform of the priesthood from the beginning of his pontifficant. when he became informed of the abuse crisis in the united states in the spring of 2002, he took decisive action to make sure as he said to the american cardinals, there is no place in the ministry of the church for those who would harm the young. so i think the judgment of the church in this canonization is to see him as a reformer of the priesthood. a man who bent every effort to make sure that these horrible sins and crimes were not committed in the future. >> it's been many, many years between a person's death and their being named a saint. in this case, we are seeing two men who essentially ha

lester? >> kristen, thank you. >>> millions of people are flocking to the vatican this weekend for the papal canonization ceremony. pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii will become saints. it is not without controversy. anne thompson is outside the vatican this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. i spoke to the mayor of the city of rome who says he is confident that their city can handle the influx of pilgrims. 4 million bottles of water for those thirsty pilgrims and, of course, efforts to redirect the eternal city's eternal traffic. the ceremonies to make john paul ii and john xxiii saints will take place tomorrow morning. those two popes are arguably the most influential popes of the 20th century. they both then enjoyed great popularity but are not without controversy, as you said. john paul ii has many critics who say he did not do enough or did very little to stop the sex abuse crisis and john xxiii, he is the pope who initiated the reform to the second vatican council, still opposed by some conservative catholics some 50 years later. despite all the criticism, both men will be made saints tomorrow. th