Convinced it is, even though blinken and lavrov agreed to have the meeting for now, diplomacy still seems to be alive, what they want is more american military aid and the general i met today thinks it's u.s. military aid that's the best deterrent against a russian attack. david? >> ian pannell and our team in ukraine again tonight. ian, thank you. this evening, the u.s. confirmed it's conducting air strikes in syria to help kurd i ish forces put down an assault on a prison there. the prison houses some 5,000 isis fighters, some attempting a jailbreak as a car bomb went off and isis fighters...