l athletes, is speaking out about his encounter with peng shuai, saying she is in pretty good condition. this as peng s well-being has become a global concern since making allegations of sexual assault against a former national leader. joining me thonow, patrick mcen. great to see you. yao ming is a huge figure around the world, even bigger inside china. so how do you interpret his speaking out about peng shuai s condition? good morning, john. i guess i interpret it the same way i interpreted peng shuai s quote, unquote, video visit with the ioc. in my mind, he s basically become a pawn now of the chinese government, yao ming, which i m really surprised and, quite frankly, very disappointed about. because he was a great nba player. certainly, arguably, the most recognizable chinese athlete all around the world. so it seems to me that he s being played for a pawn for the
military action would begin with air and missile attacks and then they plan to surround ukraine s capital city very quickly. the pentagon s press secretary reacting to this reporting just moments ago on the show. if he wants to choose a conventional large scale military action in ukraine, that s certainly one way he could do that and need to be on the lookout for other ways in which this incursion could start. it could start with a hybrid type of activity like we saw in 2015, little green men or cyber attacks on ukrainian infrastructure and utilities, that kind of thing. transportation. there s lots of different ways that mr. putin would do this, and we agree completely it could happen any day now. in fact, i think we all need to be prepared for the fact it could happen with little to no warning. joining me thonow, cnn natio