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A quick check of the headlines. ukraine's new president ordering a week-long cease-fire as he makes a trip to the embattled region today. the ukrainian government says it closed off the border with russia. the army decides to strip a general of his retirement benefits after brigadier general jeffrey sinclair's guilty plea to multiple offenses. and cdc says as many as 86 lab workers have been or may have been exposed to anthrax after researchers in atlanta failed to follow safety procedures. the agency is providing antibiotics to those employees and says it doesn't believe there's any risk ...

because we're trying to get necessary information. >> a snippet there. let's go to mike live on capitol hill with this. there was a lot of emotion at this hearing. we'll play more for our viewers in a moment. what resonated the most today? >> reporter: it was striking because he admitted he was aware of a problem with some irs e-mails back in february but didn't tell congress until a week ago. you had lawmakers putting him on the hot seat asking a lot of questions about the handling of these e-mails and missing e-mails and the fact that lois lerner's hard drive was destroyed and they...

Susan hendricks has a 360 bulletin. >> reporter: russia's lower house of parliament voted today to annex crimea. video was posted op social media showing russian forces using a bulldozer to storm a ukranian military base. today president obama imposed additional sanctions. >> this is not our preferred outcome. these sanctions would not only have a significant impact on the russian economy but could also be disruptive to the global economy. however, russia must know that further escalation will only isolate it further from the international community. >> reporter: sentencing day today for briga...

And then he gives us the answers maybe by e-mail or something and the white house briefing is just scripted, she said, and base cle we all know what's going on. i can tell you i've been here eight years, two presidents, two different parties, never once scripted a question to any press secretary. to say this is naive is the misstatement of the year. we'll e-mail questions or topics that we're chasing a health care story or something like that, that gives jay carney time to think about what kind of answers he has but the idea we're scripting it is ridiculous, bret. >> if anyone watched your que...

Concessi concession, planning to withdraw all troops from the region. russia in clear control. they freed the navy chief a day after he was taken prisoner on a raid in a naval base. it vofs 25,000 ukrainian troops and family members. jeffrey sinclair could learn his fate to dament he fledded guilty to adultery charges for carrying on a three year extramarital affair. that is a crime in the military. in exchange for the plea, sexual assault charges were dropped. on wednesday, prrzor say sinclair should be thrown out of the military and lose his benefits. they stopped short of asking for jail ti...