diplomat, the missing link is china in all this. china's standing up for north korea and not going along with any statement that would have condemned north korea. it was the russians that asked and demanded this meeting. they wanted it even saturday. following the eight-hour session, the russian ambassador to the united nations, vitaly cherkin, said they wod have liked to have an envoy go to the u.n. and defees statements and urged common restraint. >> i like to think that this meeting of the council will have an impact on the situation and before too long we may find out in a most dramatic way, in a le le less dramatic way whether this impact could be sufficient. i wish it could be more impact with a press statement with the president of the council. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador, susan rice, who