to cnn s brianna keilar and jill dougherty over in st. petersburg, russia, for that g-20 summit. you can see these limousines pulling into this russian palace. it s beautiful. used to be a russian s czar s palace and now a palace for vulaud vulaud putin. you can see the president greeting world leaders when they enter this palace. as far as i know, president obama has not arrived yet, but he is due to arrive any time. the world is watching for that hand shake between vladimir putin and president obama. standing by in russia, too, we have phil black because russia has been trying to avert military strikes in syria. so, that hand shake is about to take place, i m sure it will be fine, but the world is watching. yeah, carol. it s going to be, i think, a much analyzed, a much talked about hand shake in a few moments as president putin
this, they will have a chance to talk. i think the question for that meeting between putin and obama would be does putin want, will he press obama to give him some really concrete information that hasn t been publicly presented. it would make the case because, after all, that would have to come from intelligence information and the united states and other countries are not willing all the time to give all of these data that they have because it would reveal how they got it. and the russians have been saying all along, a lot of the truth that the united states is presenting is coming from the opposition. so, they say it doesn t make a difference anyway. but that could be certainly one of the things that putin would be interested in. all right, jill dougherty, i know you re monitoring all of this. we ll get back to you. thank you very much. jill dougherty live from st.
rubio, you know, he s somebody i have great respect for. i think he s articulated a very thoughtful message of arming the rebels, but not involving a military strike by our armed forces. yesterday tom friedman would you be for that? would you be for arming the rebels if we don t strike militarily? i would support arming the rebels long before i would support any kind of a military strike because i believe that if we do that, we re all in. and if the president secures permission or acquiescence from congress to go ahead with a strike, i believe this will escalate into something we don t intend it to be. thank you so much for being with me this morning. thank you.
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government says it has against the syrian regime. translator: if we have objective, precise data of who is responsible for these crimes, then we ll react. reporter: russia is not alone. the nays have. it. reporter: britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action. this is the highest tensions have been between the two world powers since the cold war. we will have a very bad patch if we if there is a military attack on syria. and i think we can expect some pretty frosty time. reporter: russia and syria have been strong allies for decades. russia is very close to syria. they provide and buy weapons from each other. they re kind of a client state. reporter: the conflict over syria just the tip of the iceberg in the rift between the world leaders. obama canceled his private meeting with putin several weeks ago after the russian leader refused to extradite nsa leaker edward snowden. while in st. petersburg, obama plans to meet with gay rights