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Congress probably want to get away and get away from washington for good or at least for a while. and so the real negotiations won't occur until we get really close to christmas or close to the very end of the year. and now we're in the stage where people are kind of making demands, having press conferences, using pr techniques. but the real negotiations won't occur until at least mid-december. >> let's move to the other big topic in washington this week. of course u.n. ambassador susan rice on the hill. she met with several republican senators who have threatened to block her possible nominat...

jill, we heard some strong words. any action to follow? >> no action because really what they have to do is get the syrian government to protect these diplomats. it's not just the u.s., candy. it is -- the french have gone through some similar things. but so far, these incidents seem to be escalating. listen to what secretary clinton said specifically about protecting those diplomats. >> this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified. we immediately raised this incident with the syrian government and we are demanding that they take every possible step...

attack in the strongest possible terms. >> cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. we heard some strong words. any action to follow? >> reporter: no action because really what they have to do is get the syrian government to protect these diplomats. it is not just the u.s., candy. it is the french have gone through some similar things. but so far these incidents seem to be escalating. listen to what secretary clinton said specifically about protecting those diplomats. >> this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustifie...

photograph that the saline bag -- you see where it has a slit or a cut in the bag where i'm pointing in people's 28? >> yes, i can. >> okay. did you observe that on that day, june 25th, 2009? >> no, sir. >> and again, referencing your diagram where you had drawn an apparatus at the bottom of this saline bag, would that -- can you see those two pictures, mr. alvarez? >> yes, sir. >> the saline bag that you drew as reflected in people's 27 on the right here, you show the saline bag coming down and terminating, and then it appears there is an additional apparatus attached to it. is that...