deb s thanks, ali. we ll leave it there, deb. thanks so much, deb feyerick. you re welcome on any time you d like for as much time as you d like. pictures out of syria right now. we are waiting for the president of syria to arrive to give an address to parliament. i m not sure who this is, but we re watching syrian state tv. we re waiting in the wind up. this is a speech we ve been waiting for since 5:00 this morning. we were told he was going to speak 5:00 this morning on the east and he s been delayed the 2 1/2 hours. it was billed a speech about unity, the future of the country. but as you know, the entire cabinet was sacked yesterday, sacked or resigned, i think it s the same thing. they were told they were going to resign and their resignations are going to be accepted. reporter: you ve got the president of this country, we re