over the past several days, but you're absolutely right to point out the fact that it was significant that the two leaders had that hour-long conversation, they had not spoke for quite some time and you recall that president obama cancelled a bilateral meeting that the two leaders supposed to have last year, that certainly was a snub. comes because there have been so many tensions between the united states and russia as of late, whether it be syria, iran, of course, edward snowden, so this is just one more thing, alex, adding to those tensions, the president trying to reach out to putin, urging him not to engage but it seems like that might not be the case now. >> kristen, stick with us, we are waiting for the president to speak in the white house briefing room on the ukraine in a few moments. we will bring you those remarks live when we get them. that's just ahead. nt to lug a e bunch of cleaning supplies. that's why he created the magic eraser extra power. just one eraser's versatile enough to clean all kinds of different surfaces and three times more grime per swipe.