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taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result. reporter: we could indeed. certainly something that is not set in stone and isn t necessarily on the official ag ....
reporter: that s right. they say all missiles hit intended targets. earlier we have seen the pla fly drones over an outlying island and also sending a larger than usual number of aircraft for incursions into the air defense zone. obvious i will the pla has promised a lot more including practicing a blockade around the island and also potentially conducting live fire drills inside taiwan s territorial water and also firing missile that could fly directly above the island. all of that of course considered a major provocation by taipei and washington, but from the chinese perspective, all of this is very much justified and part of their long promised forceful response to pelosi s visit. but remember it is also worth noting that some analysts say this is also part of beijing s political psychological and information warfare, at least partly aimed at implicating ....