the impression, if you will, that it would be somewhere off the korean peninsula. this aircraft carrier group at the best of times, a show of force against north korea. the carrier has no offensive realistic capability against a north korean threat. it was part of the messaging of the military to send it up that way. but still it stopped off australia. surprising a lot of people that it would make a stop along wait. cnn having reported that several days ago, wolf. >> good point. pentagon meanwhile also responding to a new military encounter with russia. tell us about that. >> that was yesterday. russians for the first time in a couple of years sending their bombers off the coast of alaska. about a hundred miles off of alaska. u.s. maintains air patrols up there all the time. they saw them coming. two u.s. air force f 22 aircraft went out. met the russian planes. some other u.s. planes showed up. and they basically escorted the