which this meeting should be seen as well. >> got about an hour until the two men are set to sit down. if you could project forward to tonight, crystal ball, any idea what you think the headline will become out of this hour. >> depends on who's reporting it. the russian press is going to report a highly successful meeting that shows vladimir putin is back as an international actor solving world problems. i suspect you and others will report that they had a meeting, they exchanged views, but very little came out of that meeting in terms of concrete efforts to cooperate in syria or anywhere else moving forward. >> ambassador, thanks so much for your time today. >> thanks for having me. for more now, let me bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. you've been watching all this from capitol hill today. all these many speeches at the united nations. i guess i want to ask first about president obama's address earlier today. what's the reaction been like? >> well, i can tell you that