john kerry spoke. they would merit that, have they solved the problem of syria by dealing with assad, i mean, what is that it suddenly promise a reward to russia? karen, quickly, what is it? well, that s a good question and i don t know we understand the answer to that. beyond i think it was a desire, as one official told me, to clear the decks of these diplomatic embassy consulate disagreements and then get down to the real policy issues. but of course it only clears the deck on one side. it doesn t solve the problem in st. petersburg. thank you for joining us. this was stunning to me. with he get nothing. this was one of the more dramatic days of the final weeks of the obama presidency which was dramatic for a bunch of reasons. one, nobody thought he would be