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They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about the transition government. jon: let's bring in mike chaemi. mike em, we mentioned that russia is cosponsor of these talks. russia is a huge player, has a lot of influence over president asad. why are these talks going nowhere? >> well, jon, it shouldn't be surprising these talks haven't gone anywhere. what the u.s. is calling for is for president asad to step down and allow a transitional government to take his place. the president asad feels he can win on the ground instead of negotiate himself out of power and the u.s. ...

This stuff and this is what they need the coast guard out here to break. when it gets thick like this, all the ice breaker can do is ram the ice, back up, ram it again until they carve a path. >> sometimes that takes several hours to get through a field like this. >> home heating oil, coal, building supplies all come to the state over the gret lakes, something in great demand. road salt would be locked up in the ice if they weren't out breaking the ice. we'll probably be depending on the crew of the ice breakers for some time to come. back to you. jon: what a story. thank you, mike. jenna: bac...