secretary of state john kerry making a seemingly off-script comment that turned into a possible option. providing syrian president bashar al assad a way out of a military strike. >> he can turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do it and it can't be done, obviously. >> reporter: a u.s. official quickly chalked up kerry's statement to, quote, a receipt or cal argument. russia saw a game plan in what some considered a gaffe, encouraging syria to take action, saying we're calling on the syrian authorities to not only agree putting chemical weapons storage under international control but also for its further destruction. syria responded just an hour later, their foreign minister saying, i declare that the syrian arab republic welcomes