be russia during this campaign as the u.s. top political foe does it really reflect the republican party i can't believe that i mean i know very very many senior republicans including george shultz and occluding and you could switch or who is of you cannot believe that it is so we should say so and i don't it's just an election read through what. i don't quite understand and i know that and they did take an analogy they were russian to better understand that during the putin's presidential campaign he seemed to be opposing the united states is a threat to russia which i don't believe and i'm not and. so i don't know people say in campaigns sometimes take extreme statements. but i do not believe that's going to be a big issue in this campaign. i do believe will be a difference in that whether through romney or obama in terms of how u.s. russia relations develop and i'm inclined to believe that it would develop a more positive vein and a bomb and then under romney said well this is very important so you think the russians i mean

treaty or start it was to be a reset in u.s. russia relations as it turns out the celebrations were short lived but heightening tensions between the two countries on many levels there's russia's anger at the u.s. being unwilling to budge on its plans to build a missile defense shield there is the u.s. is angry at russia and its refusal to approve a plan for the u.n. security council to intervene in syria a month there's also more last year the u.s. imposed a visa ban on eleven russian officials accused of playing a role in the death of netsky a russian attorney who many believe is exposing corruption by russia's interior ministry magnitsky was arrested in two thousand and eight on embezzlement charges and spent more than a year in jail that he became very ill and was apparently brutally beaten before he died so this move by the obama administration is to say you know human rights abusers aren't welcomed here well guess what russia is fighting back with a list also of eleven officials but from the u.s. these are officials the russian go

u.s. and russia. speaking earlier today, he also rejected report that is budgetary concerns drove the obama administration's plans for maintaining the arsenal. this is a little over an hour. >> good morning, everyone. if you could find your seats, we're about to get started. i'm the director of the independent nongovernmental arms control situation and i want to welcome everyone to our annual 2012 meeting. i want to thank those of you watching online and cspan. and before we get started, i'd like to remind everybody to turn off your cellular devices. we remain committed to providing information and ideas to address those security challenges posed by the world's most dangerous weapons. nuclear, biological, chemical and certain conventional weapons. as our many members here today know, a monthly journal arms control today is the key resource for ideas and analysis and interviews with key policymakers on a range of issues and our staff turnouts on regular basis issue opinion pieces, background papers and

u.s./russia reductions. jon's of the points? >> jack mendelson explain away this is the world that developed. i remember his lecture on why we had tactical nuclear weapons in the first place which is going back to it outdated thinking that the europeans were worried that we were going to be couple our defense from their defense and we need to have an addition to long-range strike capability the capability on the ground so that when we had a nuclear exchange to block tanks from the boulder gap that russia would not just launched at a sand wouldn't just be a nuclear war in europe. all of that is out the window and useless in terms of american strategic thought. does anybody believe a tactical nuclear weapons from europe on russian territory would not be seen as a strategic threat to russia? if we think we need to challenge russia in a strategic way we have a lot of submarines and tactical nuclear weapons don't have a military role. [inaudible] >> overall strategic levels are a level at 300. is there some level of u.s. strategic nu

u.s. missile defense shield in europe russia still has no guarantees that it won't be aimed at russia at some point in the u.s. refuses to give those guarantees and arguably with the elections coming up in the u.s. moscow and washington won't be able to move forward on that but there's a positive agenda as while the u.s. and russia are committed to boosting trade because right now it's a seemingly low russia was admitted into the world trade organization but there's still the jackson invented amendment which imposes restrictions on american companies doing trade was washing the obama administration has made it very clear that you know they want to move forward on that one so we're expecting some progress there apart from the trade as you're talking about one of the biggest financial concerns at the moment to the g. twenty that makes you. you know well as far as the main mission of the g. twenty is a group would be you know to calm down the markets basically sunday elections in greece showed an outcome which sort of fierce around the world at least temporarily of its falling out of the eurozon

was behind closed doors but then the leaders came out with a joint statement they said both russia and the u.s. eventually share one goal and that is a peaceful syria where syrians get to decide their own future but russia and the u.s. have seem very differently on how to reach that goal and as president obama said this tuesday the differences are not go anywhere also president putin was asked about the controversial missile defense shield in europe he was asked about whether president obama's reelection would bring about a breakthrough on the issue and he said he believes the u.s. is going to carry on with the shield plans no matter what. the president is but would dress the coolie as he pointed out. the situation what would lift the tensions around the issue would be the u.s. russia and iran as equal partners in that building and managing the ship that's the kind of partnership that russia has been putting forward for many years now the one . that is part you are not taking for adoption and i'll look at some other stories from around the world paris president ricardo martinez says he's withd

u.s. and russia? >> well i think the u.s. is trying to set the tone for that critical summit between president obama and putin in mexico. and what the united states wants to do is to convince russia to stop backing syria. and what i think is lost in this, is the importance of helicopters. why is the united states now making such a big deal about helicopters. and it has to do with the fundamental strategy of the uprising in syria right now. i was speaking this morning to syrian activists and they say that the country is basically in a state of collapse. businesses aren't functioning, the roads aren't open. people aren't really going to school. except in a few pockets. so the country is collapsing from, on a day-to-day perspective. the strategy of the opposition is to light little fires, if you would, have pockets of resistance, scattered all over the country. to have an uprising in one area by the turkish border. another area inside damascus, another in the suburbs of damascus, to make it difficult for the syrian regime to try

u.s. missile defense shield in europe russia still has no guarantees that he will be aimed at russia at some point in the u.s. refuses to give those guarantees and arguably with the election coming up in the u.s. moscow and washington won't be able to move forward on that march but there is a positive agenda as well the u.s. and russia are committed to boosting trade because right now it's seen below that ministrations made it clear that they are moving away from personality based relations and aiming at relations based on common interest and that's exactly what's happening when they disagreed there straightforward with each other when they cooperate well as far as the main mission of the g. twenty is a group would be you know to calm down the markets basically sunday elections in greece showed an outcome which sort of eases fears around the wall at least temporarily of its falling out of the eurozone greece's conservative poll austerity party won the election because the majority of greeks you know they do want to stay in the euro zone but they still have to form a pro bailout coalition it'

the situation what would lift the tensions around the issue would be the u.s. russia and iran as partners in building and managing the ship that's the kind of partnership that russia has been putting forward for many years now the one that its partners are not take you. now take a look at some other stories from around the world patmos president ricardo marginality says he's withdrawing plans to sell off some state assets following protests in the country's capital students trade union groups and opposition politicians joined the demonstrations outside the national sampling protesters claim the plans include selling off stakes and utility and telecommunications companies to boost government spending in the run up to next year's elections the government denies the allegations. talks between three political parties in greece are expected to resume after negotiations to form a coalition broke up late tuesday night the conservative new democracy party is expected to lead the new government after falling one hundred fifty one seats short of being able to rule alone a left

u.s./russia accord is going well, but efforts on la regulation still faces hurdles. this is a little under an hour. >> all right. we're about to resume our program. i hope everyone's lunch was good. don't get up and leave, please. we're about to resume. please take your seats. ladies and gentlemen. good afternoon. # welcome back to the 2012 arms control association annual meeting. i'm darrell kimball with the arms control association. and i wanted to take a minute to remind you that armed control association members and i hope all of you are members, are invited to join senior staff and members of the board for a view of our programs and our work that will take place at 3:45 later this afternoon. this year has been extremely busy and productive for the arms control association. and we have lots of work to do in the future. and in part we're going to focus on promoting diplomatic solutions to prevent a nuclear armed iran, which we heard about this morning, and try to resume progress to the nuclearized north korea. we're going to be working hard to help achieve further

more than a military struggle. >> a verbal spat has erupted between the united states and russia over syria. u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, urged moscow to cut military ties with damascus and join the international community in coming up with a solution to end the violence. >> russia says it wants peace and stability restored. it says it has no particular love lost or -- for assad and it also claims to have vital interests in the region and relationships that it wants to continue to keep. they put all of that at risk if they do not move more constructively right now. >> for more on all of this, i am joined by our washington correspondent. why do you think washington has chosen this moment to escalate in quite a dramatic way its relations with russia over syria? >> it is because they think this tactic is going to get russia to move where it matters in the security council on diplomacy. we have seen a two-pronged strategy from the administration. one is too forcefully link russian weaponry to what we're seeing on the ground, being committed by assad's trips to shame russia into action.

russia. this morning the u.s. is challenging russia, questioning that nation over sending attack helicopters to the syrian government. secretary of state hillary clinton says the delivery of those helicopters will, quote, escalate the conflict quite dramatically. she wants the president in russia, vladimir putin, to stop the helicopter shipment. amateur video appeared to show heavy shelling in homs, a day after united nations monitors said syrian attack helicopters fired on rebel strongholds there. meanwhile in moscow, tens of thousands of russians are all across the political spectrum took to the streets to protest against president putin for the first time since he retook that office last month. they denounced the government for rounding up many opposition leaders on monday. >>> well, back here at home, wildfires are still raging out of control in parts of the west as tireless crews face stubborn winds and parched terrain. in just a few days, the high park fire in colorado has mushroomed to a 68-square-mile expan

diplomats from the u.s., russia and key players will meet in geneva on saturday to try to find a way to stop the fighting. >>> the obama administration has exempted two more countries from financial sanctions that is against iran. china and singapore will not be pe penalized even if their institutions do business with the iranian central bank. secretary of state hillary clinton said u.s. officials granted exemptions because the countries have significantly rue du -- reduced the amount of crude oil. they enacted a law that pe penalized institutions. u.s. leaders hope to pressure the iranians by choking off all revenues. european officials coordinated with the americans. the old embargo will take effect on sunday. clinton said iranian leaders will understand more fully the urgency of the choice they face. 20 economies, including china and singapore have qualified for sanctions. -- exemptions. >> off the harmful effects are ripling around the globe. they have even reached china, the world's second largest economy. >> reporter: this french newspaper tells the story of a chinese businessm

a new tit for tat between russia and the u.s. has been instigated by an american senate committee billed unanimously approved in washington on tuesday slaps sanctions and visa restrictions on russian officials accused of alleged human rights abuses the new measure is in reaction to the death of a russian accountant sort of gave magnitsky he was detained in two thousand and eight on charges of helping a british investment fund carry out attacks evasion worth two hundred million dollars his death in a prison hospital triggered accusations of serious mistreatment with the president ordering two investigations it was later confirmed that michael died because he was denied medical help meanwhile the u.s. ambassador to russia said the magnitsky bill is unnecessary because the obama administration has already taken measures to punish russian officials involved in human rights violations with more on this we turn to our tease guy in a chicken. senate foreign relations committee has passed this so-called magnitsky law now at this point it

u.s. and russia. jenna: back on capitol hill the attorney general and members of congress investigating "fast and furious" struggling to even set a time to meet today. some members want more documents on that botched mexican gun-walking operation before they call off a potential contempt vote against eric holder. we have more exclusive access to the whistle-blower who blew the controversy wide open. jon: the national weather service warns beachgoers about deadly rip currents. we'll tell you more about where you might want to stay out of the water. those stories and breaking news all "happening now.". jenna: get to one of our top stories today, these today mat i can new developments in the "fast and furious" investigation. exclusive reporting for you. we're so glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. we're awaiting a key meeting behind closed doors between attorney general eric holder and house investigators. this as the nation's top prosecutor hopes to avoid a contempt of con

diplomats from the u.s., russia and other key players will meet again in geneva on saturday to try to find a way to stop the fighting. >>> united nations officials say nearly 100,000 syrian refugees have been displaced by military conflict in the country. they are asking for financial support from the international community. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees estimates that roughly $200 million is needed immediately to provide humanitarian aid. >> financial support is crucial in order to show a sign of solidarity and support to the hosting neighboring countries who have opened clinics to house the refugees. >> 96,000 people have fled syria to jordan, lebanon, turkey and other neighboring countries. they expect the exodus will double in size by the end of the year. around 75% of the refugees are women and children. most of them are entirely dependent on humanitarian assistance. >>> a chinese spacecraft is safely back on earth after a 13-day mission. the crew notched up a series of firsts for the country's space program. that includes the first docking with the prototype space sta

russia. this morning, the u.s. is challenging russia, questioning that nation over sending attack helicopters to the syrian government. secretary of state, hillary clinton, says the delivery of those helicopters quote will escalate the conflict quite dramatically. she wants russian president, vladimir putin, to stop the helicopter shipment. amateur video appeared to show heavy shelling in homs, a day after monitors said syrian attack helicopters fired at stronghold there is. >>> in moscow, tens of thousands took to the streets to protest against president putin for the first time since he retook the office last month. they denounced the government for rounding up opposition leaders on monday. >>> back at home, wildfires are raging out of control in parts of the west as tireless crews face winds and parched terrain. in a few days, the high park fire in colorado has mushroomed to a 68-square-mile spans of smoke and flames that killed one person and engulfed more than 100 structures. officials say it's only 5% containe

earthquake off the coast of eastern russia. u.s. geological survey says the magnitude 6 .1 was centered 166 miles south, southwest of ill kurski. >>> tense of thousands of iranians gathered for a rally to change iran on the out skirts of paris many are part of the opposition movement and have left iran because it is simply too dangerous. one said he had two friends executed for filming the 2009 demonstrations in iran. the demonstrators want free and fair elections and democracy. >>> search still on this morning for a downed turkish reconnaissance plane. officials say they shot it down because it entered its air space but insist it was not an attack. turkey is calling for nato to hold a meeting on the incident. officials say it accidentally entered syrian air space. >>> in egypt they will announce the results in a disputed presidential elections the hope

u.s. and russia to send independently maintained a space into. we'll see marina with the business shortly for now facing a possible energy shortfall in the coming years britain is looking for a boost there with no money to develop nuclear power alone it must try and seduce foreign investors but it's a decision that has many wondering if the u.k. government is putting profits before safety and for the explain. britain wants to keep the light switch done and to do so it says it needs me clear power real to secure the two things. to be security of supply and we don't want to have our security to supply the paulding trade over twenty four to do that or on the way forward we're. going over that we must look for another. energy that's up b.c. energy and that would be nuclear the u.k. might say it wants energy independence but it's clear plans need powering with money and it's money britain doesn't have investment for these plants is sorely lacking french company e.d.s. had been slated to build a number of the new plants but in the wake of the few disas

u.s. and russia. the lesson from that particular incident is the political leaders need to learn when to keep their mouth shut when they are in public. host: new york. democrats' line. good morning. caller: a point and then the question. the guest mentioned american support for humanitarian causes. during the cold war, the u.s. supported some of the most brutal right-wing regimes all over the world. to say that russia supports sovereignty in the u.s. and the west supports human rights around the world is a bit absurd. let us look at the history. this whole thing with a side, he is a secular leader. what is the alternative? if assad goes, we may have an islamic government shaping up in syria, which would be a disaster for the west. libya, we all rushed to get rid of gaddafi. libya is in chaos. we might have an islamic government taking place in libya. we have to be careful in terms of our policy options. number two, the u.s. has done a lot of things since the end of the cold war to provoke russia. host

russia's foreign minister respond exactly sure i may as well the u.n. top u.n. official may have labeled the crisis in syria a full scale civil war but according to the u.s. secretary of state russia could be to blame for the escalating crisis secretary of state hillary clinton raised some eyebrows and caused quite a diplomatic stir on tuesday when she claimed that russian attack helicopters were on their way to damascus take a look. we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to to syria. they have from time to time said that we shouldn't worry everything they're shipping is unrelated to their actions internally that peyton li untrue and we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria. now the secretary of state's comments raise some eyebrows among those in the white house and even stumped the pentagon's own spokesman when asked about the details in terms of what helicopters the secretary of state was referring to captain john kirby at the pentagon while the famed some surprise take a look. can you provide any details as to what kind of helicopters wh

u.s. says russia provides weapons. uses to kill civilians moscow rejects the claim and says it only supplied air defense systems under existing contracts russia says the u.s. contributes to the violence in syria by coordinating arms supplies to the rebels we know that saudi arabia and carter are actively supplying weapons to syrian armed opposition groups but both russia and the us agree on colby and his peace plan which which is designed to enable the syrians to choose their own future eventually but they see very differently on how to reach that goal discussions on syria or expected to be very tense much of that is going to be behind closed doors there are going to be other strictly bilateral issues discussed and i'll keep you updated as the meeting goes forward. in mexico greece's victorious new democracy party is planning to renegotiate the current austerity package with the e.u. which second placed so these a wants to scramble together a political risk consultant john holzman says whatever greece does the calm bef

russia and the u.s. hope to find common ground despite their polar approaches to ending the syrian bloodshed as foreign minister lavrov is due to meet secretary of state hillary clinton and saying that as burke. surprising compromise e.u. leaders make concessions to finally agree on funneling money to struggling banks directly with talks at a brussels summit running well into the night. plus as egypt braces for fresh protests against military rule we look at the huge psychological toll that eighteen months of unrest have taken on the nation's people. which is our take on me to live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program tough talks are on the table for russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as they meet in st petersburg today to discuss syria the two powers are deeply divided on how the crisis in the middle east country should be resolved lucy coffin of has more from st petersburg. if the two sides if rove and hillary clinton can come to some sort

u.s. and russia.onday's meeting between the two presidents. senior white house correspondent said little cold war chill is in the air. >> icy glare suggested there was no meeting of the mind between president obama and putin but aides warned against read toog much in the body language. >> i think the body language is to discuss variety of issues. >> but the visual contrast between the last russian leader and putin's relationship with george w. bush. there were smiles at a later meeting between the two current presidents that didn't narrow the wide differences on more than one issue. in syria, they are calling for the outing of bashar assad. they argued it's not certain that any replacement for assad would be better. >> the two men differ on the european missile defense, u.s. is building and some analysts feel russia could be more helpful, restraining iran nuclear program. administration critics including former u.n. ambassador john bolton says putin sees weakness mr. obama. >> he sees weakness because

u.s. has refused to accept iran's involvement. russia and china continue to oppose proposals for sanctions against syria and the u.s. led calls for al-assad to step down. the russian envoy of the u.n. said council members have ignored the role of syria's armed rebels in the ongoing violence and called for iran's involvement in any future talks. >> the truth of the matter as you know is that armed opposition groups to not only fail to comply to the kofi annan plan, but to clear it is their intention not to do so, to us, is a very dangerous development and a counterproductive to element. we hear complaints about iran, so the way to deal with that is to have discussions and make sure their activities are in sync with the activities of the rest of us who want to have this matter settled peacefully. >> russian foreign minister lavrov earlier in the day that to oppose any security council measure authorizing outside intervention saying, "there will not be security council mandate from such intervention, i guarantee that." hillary clinton renew

tonight the united states and russia are at odds over what is now being called a civil war in syria. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is calling out russia publicly for sending attack helicopters to syria, just like the helicopters they have been using to crush the rebellion and kill civilians from above. this fighting has been going on for 15 months. it's been brutal. it's estimated as many as 14,000 people have been killed and there are real questions about how this ends. our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, in our d.c. newsroom starts us off tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. that battle in syria is fought in a diplomatic showdown between the united states and russia. it does feel like a return to the cold war, only days before president obama is having his first summit with president putin. the blood shed is unrelenting. the u.n. now calls it a civil war. even u.n. monitors are under attack. massacres of civilians by government tanks and artillery and government-backed thugs. reports of children tortured and used as human shields. no

both russia and the u.s. to caught in a number of conflicts across the world world war two the vietnam war and various military operations in all parts of the globe cost both countries thousands of missing soldiers after the iron curtain fell he joins russia u.s. commission on the prisoners of war and missing in action was created its primary objective is to clarify the fate of both russian and american servicemen missing military conflicts in the past and the press. this is their welcome to the show thank you and thanks very much for being with us thank you al so great to be here thank you very much great to how you all first of all i would like to ask you about the veterans of foreign wars association your association playing in what you call the fool accounting mission it's aimed at recovering the traces of more than eighty thousand american servicemen those still missing is that true that is true well i've got to before i answer your question i would like to thank the russian government very much for appo

u.s. and russia to send independently maintained space. now u.s. democrats are applauding a ruling by the supreme court calling president barack obama's health care legislation constitutional under the controversial law most americans are required to purchase health insurance by two thousand and fourteen all pay a fine reforms were opposed by nearly every republican lawmaker claiming it was against the law to force people to buy a private product but the courts voted to seen as a major victory for obama as he is up for reelection in november now if you have an opinion on obama's health care reform now is the time to share it at r.t. dot com we are adding up the numbers that see how you guys are voting this hour right now eighteen percent believe it will benefit both the american people and the u.s. economy twelve percent feel obama is just electioneering thirty one percent now think it's a red herring distracting the nation from a looming economic crisis the majority here as you can see thirty nine percent say it's resigned for insurance benefit on

very nice to see there so how important do you think is this confirmation of russia's rating a triple b. by u.s. and b. . what of course there is nothing bad. related to the fact that the rating was not reduced or was not kept of course seven hundred fifty other countries russia is much more protected against the potential adepts allied to the idea that if i do it on the markets and of course it is stable outlook is also a good development and basically just reiterate the best and great breaking for russia is always a good thing to have in the greater part of it by some of to the work of your colleagues from bank of america merrill lynch and they basically saying that russia's demographic problem the aging population is somewhat of an attractive competitive factor when it comes to economic growth is that right. yes in fact i would i would say that they are for according to kinetic theory as it is indeed that the adverse demographic trends he's a negative development long term trend negative for the long term trend for i count on me for a developed economy that's maybe it's a negative trend it c

u.s. and russia, the supplier. secretary of state accusing them of contributing to the violence by sending the assad machine attack helicopters. >> they continue to deliver. we believe that the situation is spiraling towards civil war. it's now time for everyone in the international community, including russia and all security councilmembers to sfoe assad with a unified voice and insist that the violence stop. >> reporter: russia's foreign minister denied it and said the u.s. was arming rebels, a charge that was immediately shot down. >> i would emphasize the united states has provided no military support to the syrian opposition, none. >> reporter: all this comes just days before a critical meeting between president obama and president putin of russia and a summit in mexico next week. >> we are not going to accept russia continuing to send arms to syria. there will be grave consequences to our relationship if they continue that. >> today france called for a no-fly zone over syria. the strategy nato used to topple

russia. the white house down playing that saying it's time this reset got under way. it was clear the u.s. would not see eye to eye with russia on everything, but they say there are other issues such as the role that russia has played in allowing or enabling u.s. troops to move supplies into afghanistan remains key. they point to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. they believe this restart still remains intact although there are clear differences between what the u.s. and what russia believe should be happening in syria. >> dan lothian, a beautiful los cabos, mexico. >>> the president seems to have a new strategy when it comes to congress. if you can't beat them, don't join them, simply do nothing. the politics of perpetual inaction, that's next. >>> you don't have to be in front of a television to watch cnn. you can stay connected, you can do it on your cell phone or you can do it from your computer at work. just go to cnn.com/tv. >>> the president makes a surprise announcement on immigration policy, then he gets heckled in the rose garden, and his move spotlights an emerging white house strategy.

russia. this morning, the u.s. is challenging russia, questioning that nation over sending attack

u.s. and russia are not on the same page on a lot of different things. the least of which is the u.s. is a super power russia is not a super power and some years ago before he died, sergei t rechikov who defected, from the kgb said to me the russians, the cold war never ended they just lost their footing their platform their perch and they were looking for another way to assert themselves internationally. >> do you agree? that was my next question jay jay did the cold war really ever end? has russia just been quiet? >> i believe what sergei said and if you look at what you just asked, that body language look at what is going on in syria, look at the other areas around the world where the u.s. and russia disagree, yes, you know, there is some evidence that you know that kind of stance never changed but if you ask some experts today they will tell you, it is not the same kind of cold war. russia doesn't have the platform it used to have. it doesn't have the money it used to have and doesn't have positioning but, it still has the capability to be obstructive

but more than just a military struggle. >> well, as we just heard, the war of words between russia and the u.s. is now intensifying. i asked him why hillary clinton appears to a chosen this moment to escalate in quite a dramatic way. >> it is because they think this tactic will somehow get russia to move where it matters in the security council, and we're seeing a two-pronged strategy. one is too forcefully and explicitly linked russian weaponry to what we're seeing on the ground and being committed by president assad's troops. the other is a more pragmatic approach. america is a to russia, you think you're a vital interest in syria. if you want to preserve them and protect them, you should not be joining him, but join the multi- lateral effort to change it shaped the news syria. the language is very strong, a fierce. you have to assume and hope there is a more civil and constructive dialogue going on behind the scenes. >> do you think you could see russia moving on syria? >> they're talking about chapter 7 in new sanctions around the president and give him a disincentive to stick with him. th