steve ratner has it exactly right. the security south of us so we don't create another crisis which can destabilize some of those fragile democracies pretty quickly. >> let me write that down because i know that it's going to be on a plaque. steve ratner has that exactly right. >> i would like to go back to the question whether how china manages its currency. >> well, i knew we would all pay for that line. >> closer to the top of the hour. >> so admiral, we have been concerned here for some time and no one has expressed it more eloquently than david ignatius on what's happening in syria right now. david is in washington and has a question for you on that. >> admiral, you've been a combatant commander, i want to ask you whether you're concerned that the president's comments are leading to an erosion of the situation on the ground for our military personnel and their allies in eastern syria where they're exposed, where they've had a lot of success, is that success being squandered by the president's comments? >> i think

i'll ask steve ratner. also, the other technology revolution that the world needs to pay attention to. how getting hundreds of millions of people online in india is changing that nation and might change the world. >>> first, here's my take. in order to explain some of president trump's bizarre foreign policy moves, we're often told that he is unconventional and that this do well be an asset. it's certainly true he doesn't follow standard operating procedure on almost anything from getting daily briefings to staffing the statement statement. but his most striking departure from previous presidents has been his rhetoric. american presidents have tended to weigh their words carefully, believing that they must preserve the credibility of the world's leading power. and then there is donald trump for whom words are weightless. during the campaign, he excoriated saudi arabia as a country that wants women as slaves and to kill gays only to make his first presidential trip to the kingdom and warmly embrace its ruler

and steve ratner is with us. and former nato supreme allied commander now the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university, retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. so on top of this major story on syria that we're already talking about this morning, there are several big developments in washington as well. today, john bolton takes over as national security adviser with new signs that north korea is ready to sit down at the negotiating table. meanwhile, reports say scott pruitt was flying coach but only when he had to pay for it himself. it was first class when the taxpayers were picking up the tab. >> the guy is also flipping houses for dummy corporations. >> strange stuff going on there. >> it's his cattle's future. there's a different story for this guy everyday. he's got an entourage and a security detail greater than world leaders. >> lobbyists kicked him out of his apartment. oh well. >>> also this, john kelly is still on the job, but the question is this morning for how long?

. >> kayla -- >> steve ratner. >> nice to see you save me. >> reporter: successful out for you this morninglking about the market reaction to the china potential tariffs that it would leafy, let's talk about what those actually are overnight china confirming that it would place a retaliatory 25% tariff on about 106 goods that it currently imports from the u.s., things like soy beans, automobiles, cotton and chemicals. that would be more onerous than some of the previous retaliatory measures that china has put in place. this is the third wave directly and proportionately in response to what the u.s. did a few weeks ago when it announced $50 billion of imports would be targeted with its own 25% tariff and just last night the office of the u.s. trade representative published a detailed breakdown of the 1300 plus products that it would place tariffs on, things that companies use, small businesses use like cash registers, syringes, copy machines things that consumers use like dish washers, flat screen tvs and golf carts the two sides have six weeks until anything comes to pass these tariffs aren