we have much more on this story online, including: gary glazner and natasha trethewey reciting theirms about memory and loss. natasha has also written a short essay about our trip. and you can send us your thoughts and questions about our report. natasha and i will answer them in an online chat we'll post next week. next up in our series: a visit to detroit and a report on inside out, a writing program in inner city schools. we'll have that for you in october. >> woodruff: that was lovely. again, the major developments of the day: syria's president agreed to join a global ban on chemical weapons and give up his stockpile, under a russian plan. meanwhile, secretary of state kerry opened talks with the russians. and severe flooding in colorado killed at least three people as heavy rain sent torrents blasting down mountainsides. >> ifill: online, finding a sense of community in a faraway place. for many coptic christians in the u.s., adjusting to life thousands of miles from their homeland in egypt can be a challenge. we traveled to one church in virginia that has become a place of refu