let's talk about that. we're going to talk about it in a moment. first, though, there's business to attend to at the g-8 summit in northern ireland. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, as you ca' see, is there. beautiful backdrop, jessica. what's happe'ing right now? an important meeting between the president and russia's vladimir putin. they're talking about syria. from the sounds of it, jess, they don't see eye to eye on this. >> reporter: that is an understatement, don. you're right. the u.s. and russia, first of all, just sat down for that meeting. president jt(sp and vladimir putin expected to meet for 60 to 90 minutes. they are on opposite size of t$is issue, and both sides are pretty dug in. russia is supporting the regime of bashar al assad. the president of russip has described some rebels as savages and accused them of eating their opponents' organs. he's challenged the u.s. for quietly arming some of those rebels. the meeting now between putin and obama is expected to be fraught with tension because of comments like those and don't