year. so who is going to put this magical pressure on the syrian government to come to the talks? it's not clear. but this is the language we are coming back to at the moment the talks are still hopeful. >> thank you for that background. let's talk with our cnn contributing editor and bobby goesh and a managing editor of quarters. gentleman, great to see you. let's talk about this bulletin that crossed the reuters news wire from the british foreign minister about the talks that happened as we speak. here's his quote they're closer than they were but this we have a long way to go. this is like a nothing statement. is there anyway to divide what's going on inside that room? >> which are reading tvs. this much is clear. they have seem to have a genuine personal chemistry there. they've sat down with a lot of