k cock of the walk and running things and making stuff happen. this goes back to uncertainties he's had in russia, beginning in 2010 when he came back as president and had demonstrations in the street and a very poor election. what you're seeing over these years since 2010/2011refurbishi polishing and boosting his popularity rating. that should not be missed. >> ambassador burns, one of the biggest headlines out of the meeting is an agreement for a cease-fire in syria. how big of an achievement is this for the trump administration? >> remains to be seen. i think president trump and secretary tillerson were right to engage the russians on this. we don't have identical interests. the russians are aligned with the syrian government, with iran and hezbollah. we don't want to be aligned with that group. but we do have an interest in seeing the war, if it is possible, brought to a halt at some point in the future. there are 12 million of the 22.4