senator john mccain made the comments ahead of a meeting with the israeli foreign minister. and a number of western and arab nations today followed the united states in pulling their ambassadors from syria. they say looting syrian -- they say booting syrian diplomats because damascus has rejected all attempts to end the slaughter of their own people. and then russia. now has been a major weapons supplier to syria since the soviet days and tens of billions worth. and it also just vetoed a u.n. security council resolution calling for the syrian people to not be killed any more. for the syrian government to stop the bloodshed. and, today, the kremlin sent the top diplomat to meet with their president assad. activists say syrian troops today killed at least another 15 people. we are also today the crackdown has killed up to 7,000 since march. fox news cannot independently verify that. and now to the chief fox