complete surrender of all chemical weapons. implicit within that, i think, that they do have chemical weapons. the foreign minister of syria, former syrian ambassador to the united states, well known to a lot of officials here in washington. my assumption is, nick, you have been in the region, you know a lot about what s going on. if let s say on thursday, when john kerry meets with the foreign minister of russia in geneva, switzerland, let s say the two of them basically reach a compromise, an agreement, i assume the russians will be able to bring the syrians along, i assume the u.s. will be able to bring britain and france and all the other allies along, and that would set the stage for a serious u.n. security council resolution that potentially could get unanimous support. reporter: that s a possibility, but if you look at what s happening today, those talks about attacks seem to have been scuppered in many ways, according to one diplomat i spoke to early on. the ground between