optimism. listen. i say again we support any effort to end the bloodshed in syria. however, as joints special envoy has said, it is up to the government to take the first step. i m not sure what resolution reporting you are reading on what the regime is saying but what i have is that even today the regime rejected the proposal and calls a cease-fire point less. jonathan: we have been here before. the previousen provide announced a cease-fire once before and said all sides had agreed and it essentially never took hold. shepard: there is troubling brewing on the border between syria and turkey. jonathan: yes, a syrian mortar landing across the long border that syria shares with turkey and the turkish forces returning fire in terms of shell ing. it is just one more sign that