expectations. secretary kerry continues to work with the russian foreign minister lavrov on making arrangements for what would be a peace conference on syria in geneva, maybe in october. so all those things go forward. they're not flashy. they're not loud. i found in obama friday on the news conference this almost endearing naive faith that if he just keeps plugging away at governing and the other people keep making noise, that the governing side wins that, that americans are sick of partisan politics. >> i sort of like the smackdown of putin this week. i thought it was good. canceling the summit finally. we've had enough, sir. >> he's got to save some face. we've been slapped in the face by putin. before the election, he was sending messages he was going to have more flexibility. >> putin's an e egomaniac. there are two ways to process the egomania. he can say i stood up to the u.s. or, hey, i'm essential to the world order. which one are rewe going to