use of connection calls in combat use very seriously. we re working to determine what has happened and we will continue consulting and sharing information with key partners. secretary of state john kerry went to geneva in september of last year to negotiate a deal brokered by russia in which the syrians agreed to hand over their chemical weapons. today the pentagon indicated that process of turning over the weapons continues but slowly. so far according to a defense official syrian president ba shash al asad has given up 65.1% of his declared chemical arsenal and the final deadline is coming up in june. according to the guardian newspaper, syria acknowledged that chemical weapons were used in recent attacks but he blamed it on opposition forces. the u.s. and its allies are investigating. all right, steve, thank you. summertime is coming as temperatures rise. so do the cost of some hot commodities. gas prices surging to a 13-month high this week. the national gas average spiked