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Holding an emergency meeting on ukraine. in washington, security officials, including the secretary of defense, were seen leaving the white house earlier this afternoon. joining me to catch us up is nbc news correspondent kristen welker. >> reporter: thanks for having me. there were high-level meeting at the white house. the national security team met here at the white house to discuss possible policy steps at that they may take in the future. president obama was not at that meeting i am told, but he was briefed by his national security adviser susan rice, as well as the rest of his national s...

Things that we do have control over and that are good policy anyway. [ indiscernible question ] >> i think it's fair to say that any -- all these issues, economic issues will potentially have some impact on the election. but that is not my biggest concern right now. my biggest concern is the same concern i have had over the last 3 1/2 years, which is folks who are out of work or underemployed or unable to pay the bills. what steps are we taking to potentially put them in a stronger position. i have consistently believed that if we take the right policy steps, we are doing the right thing and p...