elimination would be to the benefit of the united states and its friend and allies. martha: secretary kerry also is said to meet with lavrov again. they will know each other pretty well by the end of the month as they try to hammer something out. gregg: u.s. labor leaders later this afternoon will be meeting with the president. nobody is situation this meeting is about, but it comes 24 hours after the afl-cio, a group headed by white house ally richard trumks slams the president's healthcare plan as highly disruptive. the unions backed obama-care, but they didn't know what was in it. 19,000 regulations. now they know. >> reporter: they don't like it.