syria and spying. joining me for our daily fix, chris celissa and mark, first to you. you have acovered so many of these summits and you know the background for putin going in and all of the tension over syria. what do you think is there any chance today that when obama and putin meet they will come to any closer agreement on assad and the rebels? i think it is hard to see, andrea. the russians have been so clear down their line on syria. they ve even gone so far as to say they re going to deliver missiles that they promised to sell to the assad regime which is something the united states has said would really torpedo chances of a political resolution to this. so if there is any kind of an agreement or a sense of more common ground it is going to represent a break-through. it s been a very, very frustrating relationship. john kerry s had multiple
unsuccessful meetings with the rgs foreign minister. it will be interesting to watch. chris, this comes of course as snowden is again on the web tod today, again towing shots at president obama. disagreeing with those who say he couldn t have possibly had access that he claims he had. it s so fascinating first that this is such a uniquely 21st century way that it played out that he s in an undisclosed location but he s doing a web chat? the power that he has to communicate his message i think does reach everyone at the g-8. i would say its impact golly. you know, i think it is hard to assess. i think to mark s point, when we are dealing with these huge geopolitical issues, in a way it is sort after sideline issue but, like it is in this country, andrea, it is something that the president s going to get asked