has reported extensively from sear yachl he s speaking from sochi. what i m struck by is this is a significant rebalance of power, rebalance of influence that the united states opened the door to. reporter: you re absolutely right, christine. this deal is a landmark deal in pretty much every sense of the world and it very much changes the pbalance of power. russian and syrian government forces are going to move into large parts of the border area between syria and turkey and they re going to start driving those forces that were allied with the u.s., the kurdish forces, out of the area, 30 kilometers i away from turkey s border. one of the things we heard president trump tweet is good things are happening in syria. certainly if you re vladimir