we are just getting word the french and british foreign ministers and secretary of state john kerry will meet for lunch in parison monday, to discuss the syrian crisis. that, according to french officials, who say they ll meet with kerry, after two days of talks with his russian counterpart aimed another getting the weapons. the president just weighed in on this. what did he say? he spoke briefly in a photo opportunity with the mayor of kuwait, and kuwait in favor of the military action against syria that mr. obama has now asked congress to put on hold, though it wasn t really looking like congress would approve it anyway. still, the president was grateful for kuwait s report. our two countries are in agreement that the use of chemical weapons we saw in syria was a criminal act, and that it is absolutely important for the international community to
respond in not only deterring repeated use of chemical weapons but hopefully getting those chemical weapons outside of syria. meanwhile, secretary of state kerry s trip keeps growing. it already extended going to israel on sunday, and now kerry will meet with french and british officials in parison monday. both to brief them on the chemical weapons talks in russia and try to resume peace talks between syria s government and the rebels. trace: the u.n. report on chemical weapons is set to go to the secretary general today. ban ki-moon says he is confident it will show chemical weapons were used august 2178, - august 21st attack, and the priority now is to secure the chemical weapons, not necessarily to remove bashar al-assad, which puts the u.s. at odds with syrian rebels.