ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Irish musicians performed at a luncheon in the Capitol on Friday (March 14) for Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, U.S. President Barack Obama and members of congress.<br/> <br />During the performance, Obama nodded his head to the beat of the famous song "Black Velvet Band."<br/> <br />After the luncheon, Obama, Kenny and House Speaker John Boehner walked down the Capitol steps to the president's waiting motorcade.<br/> <br />In an earlier Oval Office meeting with Kenny, Obama said he still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis heading into a pivotal weekend.<br/> <br />Obama reiterated to reporters that there would be consequences should Russia refuse to loosen its grip on the Crimea region of southern Russia.
