i'll read it to you. "an official source at the ministry of foreign affairs announced that the ministry is surprised how after days of media hype, exaggeration and threats the u.s. secretary of state john kerry delivered a speech where the u.s. administration was supposed to present its concrete evidence to its domestic and international public opinion but then we were surprised to see kerry presenting what is based on old tales that the terrorists reported more than a week ago and it is all based on fabrications and baseless lies." let's bring in arwa damon. she's monitoring what's going on. i guess we shouldn't be surprised, arwa, by this firm denial by the syrian government rejecting everything the u.s. said today. >> reporter: no, wolf, it's not surprising at all. they were even mocking what the secretary of state kerry was saying to a certain degree, saying that that intercepted phone call, well, that was quite simply silly.