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Critical things. one is the downing of that russian jet liner by turkey. the president offering his sympathies but also trying to tamp down some of the tension and some of the rhetoric that has come out of that. in addition, he also made it clear, say white house officials, to vladimir putin that although they very much welcome his help in the fight against isis, that the united states is still holding firm to stop the syrian civil war, assad cannot stay in power. so they said he made that point very forcefully. we also saw a picture coming out of this, a still photo, someone you know very wel...

Ingredients deliver superior vapor and taste. vuse. unrivaled taste satisfaction. all right. secretary of state john kerry meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in vienna right now, an important meeting happening this morning. what they are looking for is common ground in the crisis in syria. the russians have been propping up the syrian leader bashar al assad with air strikes against his enemy. the u.s. insists he cannot be part -- assad cannot be part of a future syrian regime. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson watching this. they have friendly and have constr...

Breaking news. at least 42 people are dead in a collision between a bus and a rubbing in southern bordeaux. the bus was carrying elderly people and five were injured. just three walked away unharmed. right now secretary of state john kerry meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in vienna hoping to find common ground on the crisis in syria. the russians propping up president bashar al assad with air strikes against his enemies and the u.s. insisting assad cannot be part of a future syrian regime. we'll bring you details from their meeting as soon as we get them. >> time for an ea...

Russians are willing to give up on bashar al assad and i don't think there's any indication that they are willing to give up on him. >> all the signals coming from john kerry is that we are now resigned to dealing with assad for the time future. >> we'll have to deal with assad as long as he's there, but i think it's quite clear to the americans also that this rebellion in syria can't end with assad still there. assad cannot assert control over the whole territory of syria. the opposition will continue fighting as long as he's there. so we're still at an impasse with the russians and the irani...

What should we as united states be doing? >> what's sad is i think if one has taken a harder position tougher position with president assad two years ago it might have been less difficult to solve than it is now. but at this stage, there is a stalemate but neither side has a perception of a stalemate. they all think they can win. and so without the united states getting a strong sense that assad cannot win and the position that it supports will be -- cannot be just bombed out of existence, i think you won't have any negotiation. you're not going to end the war just by winning, you will end the...