long. sure. that was a meeting in which secretary of state rex tiller son was there. and we re getting a spray here this was the there s the secretary of state mike pompeo, chief of staff john kelly and the president there as well as john bolton and you see the u.s. ambassador to russia jon huntsman sitting next to john bolton across from vladimir putin and the putin staff as well. these are the larger bilateral meetings that have i guess taking place. i m assuming now control room, correct me if i m wrong, this is live, is that right? so we can now assume that the one on one meetings, david, have ceased. they went on for more than two hours. these are the larger group meetings how important are the
then secretary of state rex tillerson telling us about i 2 1/4 hour meeting that president trump agreed with president putin s proposal for a ceasefire and safe zones in certain areas of syria. he was very happy with the safe zone in the southwest of syria and turned out we got more details, four safe zones but these turned out to be this proposal turned out to be a plan that was very much from russia s bold stay playbook, you create a safe zone and freeze the fighting there and wait until you can marshall forces along with assad s on one safe zone and move to the next and take that down. what was being attacked last week but it was the safe zone in the southwest of syria that president trump came out of that meeting with president putin saying we ve really got something on syria, the safe zones yet coming into this meeting. russia has been helping assad
projects. the senior state department official says we re in the first inning of a 9-inning game. it s a lot like whack-a condition mole. we re trying to be a step ahead and while we re developing things to stop this as fast as we can. the secretary is very committed to solving this issue. the secretary of state rex tiller son told us last month that it s very difficult to preempt russian interference efforts, that the government, the russian government was already trying to interfere in the 2018 midterm election. critics of this administration and all of the efforts to counter russian propaganda and other propaganda efforts, say it s no match for what those governments are spending trying to interfere in u.s. elections. more to come on this. thank you. the deadline for dreamers arriving today, with no permanent fix in sight. dreamers holding rallies right now on capitol hill. so, where do things stand now?
for you anything. we begin with the latest on the crisis with mechanic income. he told secretary of state rex tiller son to back off of what he called washington s aggressive rhetoric. he accused the u.s. of being responsible for educatiscalatin tensions. talks should be at the forefront rather than increasing sanctions. speaking of that the u.s. treasury department issued two sanctions believed to be involved in developing weapons of mass destruction. it follows last friday s u.n. security resolution. it includes those two men. mean while a new report says one of the four north korea soldiers was found to have anti bodies to anthrax in his system meaning he was either exposed to or
what are you seeing on the rex tillerson clock watch? he told us at a christmas party for the press. it was oeks troid nextraordinar. it was the first gesture we have seen this year. he had the traditional christmas party. he said in the coming party you ll see me more engaged or so i m told. so that say positive sign he wants to stay at least positive for those that believe there should be come continuity and a shake-up now would not be a good thing. it is up to the president. there are a lot of reports that tillerson said if he wants to fire me he has to do it face to face. he is not going to take the firing from the chief of staff or any one else. the problem is that you a