clearly when he went into the briefing room and he was asked a specific question about arming the ukrainians. he said that was not on the table. we already know that he has said repeatedly as has secretary kerry any kind of boots on the ground are not only the table. if you look at polls that have been taken in recent days, craig, you know there s no appetite among the american people for a further involvement in this. what we re looking at how much further can we go with sanctions. how far is the e.u. willing to go. are there other steps that peter king suggested that might be taken. chris standing by at 1600 pennsylvania. we ll come back to you. president obama expected to speak any moment. mark murray standing by. since the plane was shot down on thursday, how have we seen the politics play out on capitol hill? well, you know, the american politics it s very interesting, craig. most democrats and republicans have all been united against
not take questions. the lion s shares of the comments devoted to the aftermath in ukraine. i want to bring back senior white house correspondent chris jansing and mark murray standing by. chris, let me start with you. you predicted it. you said that the president was going to talk about the need to get unfettered access to the crash site. the need for all of us to become fully aware of the truth. what precisely happened on thursday. it s interesting to see how president obama follows up with those statements. yeah. the clear message was to putin. it was to get serious. you have encouraged the separatists. you have funded them. you have armed them. the reason that the u.s. increased sajss last week was because there was convoy of 150 vehicles that were moving everything from missile launchers to tanks across the border. it s time for you to do something. and stating, again, my preference for something