meeting with president putin. they were talking about, among other things, bolstering economic ties. so at this point, know accord on sanctions. that could change after an independent investigation of what happened in syria, possibly bears out facts and if russia remains in denial of what that investigation finds. things could change. but for now, i think there was employment here in italy that this is a rare moment of opportunity to ratchet up the pressure on syria, to get the political process going again and a cease fire. the strategy after that remains less clear. so that s why we re not presupposing how that occurs. i think it s clear that we see no further role for the assad regime longer term given that they have effectively given up their legitimacy with these type of attacks. was the chemical attack
investigation finds, he will accept those findings. we hope it s not a repeat of the 1990s when the ku klux klan lit up a lot of fires. le let me bring in president of the southern chapter of the n naacp. thank you for coming. thank you for having me. there was a thunderstorm in the area at the time so as a result, everything is being examined. what we do know is that at least two of these recent fires have been declared acts of arson, and we know the naacp released a statement on tuesday, telling black families to be alert.