president do you think it's wise for president trump to be relying so much on china to solve this issue? >> well, listen, i think you only have so many tools in your tool box and i think he's trying to think outside of the box. first of all he's making sure that north korea understands that we're not going to send out a press release with president obama and president bush that didn't take anything seriously. he's making sure that he we watch it and pay attention but we're not going to tolerate it but the president understands the role china has with north korea and it's important that he put pressure on the chinese to engage in this process or if they don't, we're going to have to take action and i don't think the chinese like to see our warships in the region or see the u.s. take action so i think the president is building leverage not just with north korea but also with the chinese to get involved and resolve this conflict peacefully. there's not a lot of leverage points that we vnchts i want to get to domestic issues as well.