necessary or appropriate at thi point. senior administration officials are talking privately and quietly with china to make sure that they understand our position. >> oh, that they understand it all right, weakness is very eas to spot. and easy to understand. and that is the angle. joining me now and i'm thrilled daniel davis, senior fellow of the defense priorities group an jordan chang, senior fellow at author of the great u.s. china tech were. gordon, this move, i want to hi first on the solomon islands security pack that they hope to keep secret, but it leaked out. how significant as it given the location of the solomon islands in the indo pacific.