blake: the trump administration says syria talks will be on the table when the russian president vladimir putin comes to the white house in the fall, at least potentially scheduled as of now. it's unclear exactly what the two leaders discussed in helsinki regarding syria, but the pentagon and russian military officials are not on the same page. >> for us right now it's kind of steady as she goes. we have received no -- no further direction than we've currently been operating under, and as i mentioned in my remarks, we continue our communication and deconfliction with the russian federation commanders to ensure protection of our forces, of our respective forces and to meet our obligations. blake: but a russian three star general saying quote russia already has sent formal