no indication of that. even today, the russian foreign minister launched into this long explanation of the dangers of regime change. one state department official told me today that they see the chances of russia backing away from assad in the near term as less than zero. putin is just too afraid of creating a power vacuum, that terrorists would take advantage of. russia isn't necessarily blind to assad being a terrible choice. but at this point, they see assad as the best if not the only choice. what the u.s. wants russia to do is convince syria to get on board, first, with the cease-fire. then a political process. it's just not clear to anyone how long that would take or to what extent russia would even be on board. anderson. >> michelle kosinski in moscow. now from for the president