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Radicals, has been at war with them for 20 years, those are the most spirited opponents of the regime. yes, there are lots of other people who don't like bashar al assad's handling of the economy. they're not willing to die for that cause. the islamic fundamentalists are willing to die for that cause. >> fareed and elizabeth, thank you both. i appreciate it. coming up, as we continue pushing forward on the crisis in syria, have to take you to russia. vladimir putin is looking at the man you're looking at here, secretary of state john kerry a liar. this as the world watches him. we'll break d...

Nation." >> in our next hour, president obama and vladimir putin meeting face to face at a working dinner. he called secretary of state john kerry a liar over syria. chuck todd will be reporting for us. he'll join us live on the latest on this crisis. plus, massive protests against walmart and more than a dozen cities and already there have been arrests. the retail giant is calling the protests, quote, a union orchestrated media stunt. we'll have the latest on this standoff. and backlash over an app that critics say is racist. the idea behind the app is to help you avoid poor dangerous are...

Of course, the summit is an economic one. syria is not on the formal agenda but is expected to dominate a lot of the discussion that's taking place around. on the sideline, on the margins, as they say. tonight president putin invited them to discuss it over this working dinner that's taking place in a palace outside st. petersburg. how friendly a dinner this is going to be given that very serious conversation, particularly between the united states and the u.s., you gave a list of some of the things that have been a real -- have been real irritations in relations between these two countries re...

St. petersburg russia. president obama is on his way there now. he should be arriving within the half hour. president vladimir putin will be there, too. their relationship is frosty. feelings aside, can they come to terms over a military response in syria. jill is in st. petersburg this morning. what is the plan for president obama at the summit? >> reporter: well, he will be arriving here and actually the most dramatic moment will have to be the firsthand shake with president putin. president putin is the host of the g-20 here in st. petersburg and has to greet mr. obama as other world leader...

Remain very much there. the moderate side hasn't got the assistance. i think if you did suddenly flood rebel ranks with arms, it's the people who've seen victory, it's the people who've seen success on the battlefield who are disciplined, who'll make the most out of those. as it currently stands, that's mostly the extremists, brooke. >> nick paton walsh at the u.n. thank you. i wanted to show you pictures just moments ago. this was taken in russia. president obama walking to a working dinner at the g-20 summit. alone. vladimir putin, on the other hand, well, now we know why the president was...