we have a political analyst on the line from moscow. he works for vor radio there. this news that the russians are going to send a delegation of lawmakers, mps to washington. who are they and what weight do they carry and what do they hope to achieve? >> reporter: >> i think they want to carry a message that would make the u.s. lawmakers doubt the official version presented by the american administration. we russians have a lot of experience with islamist fundamentalists in russia. there were cases of this kind of force flag attacks. obviously in the situation we have in syria right now it was not assad who was interested in the chemical attack but certainly that position because th they could not win on the