tonight because it would only push the story line that conserve testifies are looking for anybody other than mitt romney particularly in cause causes states. peter alexander in colorado where they do expect a victory. thanks very much. now to foreign policy. france is joining the uk in pulling its ambassador from syria one day after the united states shut down its embassy in damascus in response to the escalating violence. >> we have concluded that we need to suspend operations at our embassy in damascus in light of the fact that we have security concerns about the safety of our personnel. >> eamon, the russian foreign minister is get something sort of welcome? did i see that in your writing? >> that's correct. tens of thousands syrians welcomed him in the streets of damascus. i don't think he would have gotten that same kind of welcome about if he visited other parts