this morning in rome after meeting with pope francis at the vatican, our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is traveling with the president. jim asked president obama about his meeting with the pope and about the ongoing crisis in ukraine. >> reporter: in your meeting with his holiness, pope francis, did he register any objections with you about the contraception coverage mandate in the affordable care act or your efforts to advance the rights of gays and lesbians in the united states that worry so many catholics? and what were his concerns? and on russia with the reports of troops building on the ukrainian border, by taking the military option off the table, are you sending a signal to vladimir putin that other parts of ukraine are his for the taking? and why not send multinational peace keepers to the ukrainian border as a deterrent? and to you, mr. prime minister, the president said yesterday that the u.s. would defend any nato ally, are you making that same commitment when it comes to