arab states, the main european powers arab states, the main european powers and america into some form of contact powers and america into some form of contact group that works on this together, contact group that works on this together, and we are going to need as many together, and we are going to need as many people as possible tojoin the effort as many people as possible to oin the effort. ., ., , as many people as possible to oin the effort. ,, ., , ., the effort. she did not be for israel to lead the effort. she did not be for israel to lead question - the effort. she did not be for israel to lead question mark| the effort. she did not be for- israel to lead question mark they are able to find $70 million to fund the expansion of illegal settlements, despite lobbying by this government to stop that? surely israel should be leading on the reconstruction? i israel should be leading on the reconstruction? israel should be leading on the reconstruction? i think
continue is important but it is hard to know exactly why. continue is important but it is hard to know exactly why. we talk about the road map to know exactly why. we talk about the road map for to know exactly why. we talk about the road map for peace to know exactly why. we talk about the road map for peace proposed . to know exactly why. we talk about| the road map for peace proposed by the road map for peace proposed by the saudi government and i believe they are in discussions with the houthis now, although depending on who you talk to you will find that the houthis are discussing it with the houthis are discussing it with the saudis but other in yemen are being excluded. what is your sense of that? do you see the same thing that we have been told by others that we have been told by others that this is sort of turning into a houthis saudi deal, rather than a yemen solution. i houthis - saudi deal, rather than a yemen solution. houthis - saudi deal, rather than a yemen sol
reporter: the meeting lasted for two hours. we believe they were having their discussion throughout that two-hour period. we are getting a short read out of what they discussed. obviously, they discussed syria. they talked about a need to come up with some kind of solution to end the violence and prevent a civil war. in addition to that they said they wanted to work to find a solution. that was important as well. we expect to get a lot more on what took place at that meeting. russia has vetoed two u.n. resolution sanctions against syria. unwilling to use that tough language to call for him to step aside. the u.s. is trying to prod russia into embracing a kind of yemen solution where a leader steps aside, the violence ends and there s some reform to democracy. that s the latest here. we expect to get a lot more on what they discussed. absolutely. we d lof to hear about it. i want to keep talking syria. we heard from senator john mccain. he is talking about the growing bloo
report about the yemen solution, that the united states is trying to negotiate with russia and that maybe putin and medvedev have an open mind about this idea of keeping the assad regime partially in place if assad will agree to go. sort of similar to what happened in yemen, where the regime stayed but the ruler left. reporter: well, you know, chuck, one of the things people are talking about today is the fact that this incident could have been a tipping point in the syrian conflict. some very strong words coming out of the russian foreign minister, which many people interpreted as russia slowly distancing itself from the assad regime or at least president assad himself. so there is now in the eyes of many a possibility that if russia changes its position, distances itself a little more from the syrian president, there could be an opportunity where the international community could offer president assad at least an opportunity to step aside, make way for somebody else to assume power