to russia and there are new fax on the ground. secretary kerry trying to acc t accentuate the positive, saying they want to work with russians. >> reporter: a lot of talk this week about president putin's actions in syria creating new realities on the ground. some have said that it's kind of boxed the u.s. into a corner a little bit. is that true? >> i couldn't disagree more. i don't see how it boxes us in the least. in fact, i think it opens more options but makes life very difficult for president putin, because if he's going to side with assad and with iran and hezbollah, he's going to have a is he veers problem with the sunni countries in the region. that means he could even become a target for those sunni jihadis. this is very complicated for him. he needs to work something out. i think it's an opportunity, to be honest with you. i think it's an opportunity for us to force this question of how you actually resolve the question of syria. and the bottom line is, you