greiner pled guilty to bring in vape cartridges to moscow. she gave an emotional apology saying she s made an honest mistake. i want to apologize to my teammates, my club. it s my mistake and embarrassment. i never meant to hurt anybody or to put in jeopardy the rest of the population. i never meant to break any laws here. russia is backing china as it launches its largest military drills ever near taiwan. firing missiles just off of the coast of the island. general jack keane will joins us on that in just a moment. but first, let s bring in michael waltz, a former green beret commander. he now serves on the house armed services committee. congressman, the russia experts all say the same thing. this is one woman, one person that got caught up in the u.s.-russia relationship and being used as a pawn. this is another way for russia to try to stick it to the united states. yeah, absolutely. this is brinksmanship at its worse, this is what our adversaries try to do, this is
problem, short of armed conflict but it is a race because he s getting closer and closer. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining me now with much more on this. these war games are including strikes on a mock north korean nuclear war site. seems the message couldn t be clearer on that. what is the pentagon saying about this. the pentagon is trying to emphasize these drills, these exercises, were scheduled and planned not in response to anything in particular, but let s face it it is a big message sending exercise. it s more than 200 u.s. and south korean aircraft and they are trying to look at how they might operate in a real-world situation. and it s important to note the u.s. air force has sent f-22 aircraft, their f-35s there, two of the most advanced, highly technologically capable fighter jets that the u.s. military has in the field. so there s no question about it, the message is, we are ready,