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Were behind the draft u.n. resolution and its -- and its process through the security council and so maybe her comments reflected more, tried to deflect maybe on the british government's responsibility for the u.n. resolution. >> i want to get another reaction, though, to secretary kerry's speech from new york congressman eliot engel. listen to this. >> i think the mistake that the administration has made and secretary kerry made is disproportionately blaming israel for this. the palestinians have engaged in terror, the palestinians have not been willing to sit down and without any preconditio...

Island in the persian gulf so there would be safety. and our sailors are safe which is of course our primary concern. but i think the point secretary kerry made, the point your reporters made is critical here which is we now have a diplomatic channel for communication. we know who to call. we know how to resolve things. there was community about the transfer between the coast guard and our forces. and having these lines of communication, this way to have a resolution is critical. because we know unfortunately that there are likely to be other incidents ahead. because although we have this very...

Diplomatic goal here. there is a catch, though. after secretary kerry made this initial statement, a lot of questions were asked. and the state department spokes done man issued a clarifying statement in which he said that secretary kerry was making a rhetorical argument about the impossibility and unlikely hood of assad turning over chemical weapons he's denied he used. so it doesn't sound like it was a serious offer on behalf of secretary kerry. russia still jumped on this, sees potential in it, and is urging the syrian government to think about. it carol? >> something. phil black, i know yo...

It will avert u.s. military action. we have phil black, correspondent, in moscow. phil, tell us more about this. >> well, this was the result of a sudden briefing called by the russian foreign minister, sergei laugh recov lavrov, responding to comments from john kerry. he was commenting what it would take to avert u.s. military strikes on syria. he responded in such a way to suggest that if syria gave up its chemical weapons, then, well, that could do it. russia has jumped on this, has seen great potential in this statement. the russian and syrian foreign ministers have been in talks, and lavr...

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