and in for andy levy feck. he is the only to perform a nude double back flip in the adriatic sea. good job. and habe if we stop feeding him he will go away. pes bill schulz. and he is so sharp he is not allowed on planes or near balloon animals. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. wow. you really have grown, greg. only kidding. >> thank you, announcer. >>> will we uh. >>> late if they don't cooperate? syria says it is open to handing over chemical weapons to avert a u.s military strike. the foreign minister responded positively to an appeal from russia that syria places arsonal under international control and then destroy it. bill finds it funny. the minister's statement came hours after john kerry said assad could resolve the crisis by surrendering the weapons by the end of the week. and he said this about a potential u.s. attack. >> we are not talking about war. we are not going to war. we will not have people at risk in that way. that is exactly what we are talking about doing. >> meanwhile, activists have said they would be shields to block a strike. and the reason h