we believe according to reports that it went into the sea of japan. now, this is provocation, this comes within days of the administration saying that the threats here are ratcheting up. what do you think the administration's reaction will be? >> well, i know for a fact that they're watching very closely any launch. and let me be clear because nbc completely blew this, the reporting on this a few days ago. the pentagon will not take -- liz: stay with me, colonel. what did nbc misreport? >> nbc reported that we, the united states tried to down any missile, shoot any missile down that north koreans launch, and that's just not correct what has been said and the pentagon wants to make this very clear. if a missile that was fired that is going to a known of hitting the south koreans, the japanese, or one of our territories or states, then we'll take action. something like this where it's a shot in the ocean where we kind of know the provocation doesn't have anything about. but it does reinforce what president trump has been saying is that the north koreans

or into the sea of japan. so that is somewhat to be expected. sinpo is also, there's a port there where the north koreans are believed to keep some of their submarines. and we saw at the big parade that they have yesterday in pyongyang, they showed one of their ballistic -- sublaunch ballistic missiles. they have fired it off from a submarine before. sinpo is the area where we believe they keep these subs. and we don't know much about their military but so much of it is analysis. u.s. military and intelligence analysis that's there that we believe. >> it's analysis that comes from the pictures we were just showing. whether they are real, functional is always a question, isn't it when we do see these parades on key anniversaries. this the 105th anniversary of the birth of kim il-sung who is seen to be god-like there in north korea. at least by the leadership in terms of the way they talk about the kim family here and the leadership there. so we don't know necessarily where it may be headed. you are noting this

they were shocked when they sent ballistic missiles into they sent ballistic missiles into the sea of japaney sent ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. they believe they have to co—ordinate with the us closely, that is their strategic ally — it is essential. they are taking precautions about a possible mistake for an accident. and they are alerting the japanese people they have antiballistic missile batteries in place but there is an early warning system to take cover in case of possible ballistic missile attack. you're watching newsday mac on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: it was an election campaign that made it onto the pages of a marvel comic, we will see who will be the next governor of jakarta. also coming we will see who will be the next governor ofjakarta. also coming up on the programme: president trump's latest moves to buy and hire american. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have alr

japan and their allies on the behalf of insecurity in the long-term. [speaking in native tongue] we appreciate the challenging times in which the people of japan, with increasing provocation across the sea of japan and the president himself would say if he was here, let me be clear, thank you mr. primus are and all the people of japan we are with you 100%. [speaking in native tongue] as i make clear on behalf of the president, with our visit to south korea in the area of strategic patience. while all options are on the table, president trump is determined to work closely with japan, with south korea and all our allies in the region and the challenges to achieve a peaceful revolution in the d glare is ace of the north koreans. [speaking in native tongue] we seek peace always. as a country as well as does japan. as you know, in the united states, piece comes. we stand with our allies japan to bring peace to this region. [speaking in native tongue] with our disparity discussions i look forward to the commencement of the us japan economic dialogue that you and president trump initiated during your feather worked on trent february visit to washington dc. i look forward to announcing a framew

the white house made a big show of ordering it to the sea of japan last week in the wake of north koreaducting missile tests. here's what president trump said on april 11. >> we are sending an armada, very powerful, we have submarines, that are very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that i can tell you, and we have the best military people on earth. and i will say this, he is doing the wrong thing. >> talking about kim jong-un. that same day white house secretary sean spicer drove home the fact that the white house armada was headed to the sea of japan to send a message to north korea. >> when you see an armada going forward like that, it's almost always in every instance a huge deterrence. >> it turns out the uss "carl vinson" was not heading to the sea of japan. the facts came to light after the navy posted a photograph showing the "vinson" near tunisia on saturday. how did this happen? whether it was miscommunication, or intentional misleading, what is the administration saying? >> reporter: let's look at the bottom line here, the u.s. navy always knows every day

the white house that all seemed to suggest that the ship was going in the direction toward the sea of japanaming" was language that some people used. there were reports that the russians and the chinese had dispatched spy ships to shadow the carl vinson's strike group when actually it was thousands of miles away at the time. the defense secretary tried to clear that up today. here's what he said. >> the vinson, as i have said on the record, was operating up and down the western pacific. we said we're shifting here, instead of continuing one direction as she pulled out of singapore, she will continue part of her cruise down in that region, but she was on her way up to korea. >> so now it's perfectly clear. the one thing that people have not been able to tell us, why this was initially portrayed as being so urgent and imminent. that is, the movement of the u.s.s. carl vinson, when it was apparently neither imminent or urgent at all. >> shepard: north korea is making hay over the powerful armada move. we'll have that. plus, new propaganda from kim jong-un himself, the north korean dictator as

president pence: we appreciate the challenging times in which the people of japan live, with increasing provocations from across the sea of japan and as the president himself would say if he was here, let me be clear. to you mr. prime minister and all of the people of japan, we are with you 100%. [speaking japanese] vice president pence: as i made clear on behalf of the president in my recent visit to south korea in the area of strategic tensions. while all options are on the table, president trump is withmined to work closely japan, with south korea, with all of our allies in the region and the challenges to achieve a peaceful resolution in the korean peninsula. translator: [speaking japanese] vice president pence: we seek peace always as a country, as does japan. peace comes slowly. we will stand with japan and with our allies to bring peace and security to this region. translator: [speaking japanese] vice president pence: in addition to our security discussions, i look forward to the commencement of the u.s.-japan economic dialogue and president trump initiated during a february visit to washington dc. and i look fo

president pence: we appreciate the challenging times in which the people of japan, with increasing provocations from across the sea of japan and the president himself would say be clear.here, let me to you mr. prime minister and all of the people of japan, we are with you 100%. japanese] [speaking vice president pence: as i made clear on behalf of the president , our visit to south korea in the area of strategic tensions, while all options on the table, president trump is determined to japan, with with south korea, with all of our allies in the region and the challenge is to achieve a peaceful resolution in the glaring face of the north koreans. chinese -- [speaking speaking japanese] vice president pence: we seek always peace as a country as well as does japan. but as you know, please comes slowly. we stand with our allies in japan to bring peace to this region. translator: [speaking japanese] vice president pence: in addition to our security discussions, i look forward to the commencement of the u.s.-japan economic dialogue that u.s. president trump initiated during your visit to washington, d.c. and i look forw

military said the missile was fired toward the sea of japan but not landing in the sea of japan. the missile blew up over land. official added it was a quote failure. main part of the missile landing approximately 35 kilometers from the launching point at the airfield. this is reporting, from the earlier information that the missile flew and landed in the sea of japan. that's encouraging. you served in the u.s. military in iraq, you know that even a failure -- you learn from that failure. >> yes, absolutely. >> you pick up significant information. >> significant information and data, what you can use late earn a symbolic and a symbolic shoot to tell the united states that they were not going to be kout caught and i think it'll be beyond the brink and we should start heavily looking at economic sanctions, heavy economic sanctions. and the trump administration has not staffed the department state or treasury department to effectively bring in sanctions. >> congressman, stand by. we are getting more information. we need to take a quick break. we will resume all of the breaking news

all were launched into the sea of japan of north korea's east coast.he south korean military, north korea has at tried and apparently failed to test another missile. turkish politicians have made their final appeals to voters ahead of sunday's referendum on the most sweeping programme of constitutional change since the country became a republic. the changes — if approved — would give the office of the president more powers. nuala mcgovern is in istanbul and gave us a sense of the mood there: it is the eve of what some people are saying what could be the most significant moment in this country's history since its founding after the colla pse history since its founding after the collapse of the ottoman empire. that is because the referendum is taking place tomorrow. it is a simple yes or no when people go in to cast their ballot. brendan brown on one side, white on the other —— brown. no question on the actual ballot. what are they voting for? basically, they are voting to give their president more power. for the lines currently between legislation execu

mr pence said the uss carl vinson carrier group would be in the sea of japan "before the end of thiss hywel griffith reports. in australia, they call it the mateship, a special relationship which has seen it fight side—by—side with the us for nearly a century. and with tension rising on the korean peninsula, america wants to reaffirm those old alliances. after false claims and confusion of the whereabouts of its aircraft carrier, the vice president today said the uss carl vinson was now on the way to the sea of japan, building up its capabilities in the region. the one thing that nations, most especially the regime in north korea, should make no mistake about, is that the united states has the resources, the personnel and the presence in this region of the world to see to our interests and to see to the security of those interests and our allies. military might was backed up with some diplomatic pressure, a joint call on china to impose economic sanctions. it is self—evident that china has the opportunity and we say the responsibility to bring pressure to bear on north korea, to stop

last hour that north korea has fired a medium—range missile from areas close to a port into the sea of japanomes on the eve of a visit by china's president of the us to meet president trump. they will discuss how to rein in pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes. the british chancellor of the exchequer is in india to discuss financial and business links. he is accompanied by the governor of the bank of england and other leaders of the uk's financial services. mr hammond said india is an important economic partner. in south korea, a software mogul is to be the candidate for the opposition party in the upcoming presidential elections. the 55—year—old will stand against the liberalfront—runner 55—year—old will stand against the liberal front—runner who won his pa rty‘s liberal front—runner who won his party's nomination on monday. the white house has released this image, the first official portrait of melania trump, the us first lady, but the image has raised a lot of eyebrows, with accusations that it has been airbrushed. white house officials say it was the portrait taken at the white hou

it did not reach the sea of japan, and broke up in the air over the peninsula itself. vocation. let's get the latest from deputy national security advisor k.t. mcfarland. she is live on the northbound. thanks for being here. >> pleasure. >> bret: what can you tell us in white house reaction to what we are learning this afternoon? >> it is the tenth test they have done since president trump took office, tenth missile test they have done. just reinforces exactly by north korea and north korea's program is one of president trump's top priorities. it was the first national security priority that he wanted to focus on after taking office. it just reinforces it. it is another failure but it doesn't mean the north koreans won't keep trying. it doesn't mean we should stop trying to stop them. >> bret: does this change the dynamic that in the middle of all of this tension, the u.s. security council today, all the president that has had the last couple of days, that north korea does this now? >> book, they tend to look for moments to test when they think will get the world's atte

based technology the concern that the delivery system could be mobile and moved throughout the sea of japan toward hawaii and the united states. joining us right now on the phone president of the sheriff's fund a group dedicated to the end of the threat of nuclear weapons and the the james martin center. joe, what are you taking away from the information that we have right now on what this snapshot of where north korea is and we don't have to go too far back when shinzo abe was with president trump in florida when another test happened. any difference that you would mark between those two tests that says you are -- you're more concerned? >> you've had some excellent commentary on this over the last hour. a lot of great insight and analys analysis. let me see what i can add to this. first, on the test itself, i'm part of a network of independent experts who study north korea and there seems to be a few developing that right now from what we know this was most likely a test of their submarine launched ballistic missile or a test to develop that submarine launched ballistic missile. it was on

officials are confirming to fox news that north korea test launched a ballistic missile into the sea of japan. the missile has been assessed to be a kn-17, a former scud missile they believe is being tested to one day target ships. the north korean missile broke up in flight. joining me to discuss, gina loudoun. i'm not sure. the belligerence of north korea on full display for the world. it has been assessed to be the biggest danger as we become even more dangerous. >> i think the point is not that the missile was a failure. but they continue to fight all of the severe and strong words that this administration has been putting out. and we are reaching what we have sown. it started in the clinton administration. north korea has been mishandled since then, and the can has been kicked this far down the road and we cannot allow it to go to the point where the capability matches the rhetoric. charles: rec tillerson at the united nations urging them to take actions against north korea. >> we must levy new sanctions on entities and individuals supporting it weapons and missile program and tighten th

japan. every day our nation's exchange goods and services that improve people's lives and help businesses on both sides of the pacific sea. japan is the united states for the largest good trading partner and our fourth largest good export market. japan is one of the america's leading investors. the investment now totals more than $400 billion. the second most in any nation. i saw that first hand back in my old job when i was governor of indiana. how trade and investment between our countries can be beneficial to us all. in 2013 and again in 2015, i led a group of indiana businessmen and community leaders appear to japan to foster closer economic ties, create jobs and spur opportunity and growth. today the us japan economic dialogue seeks the very same objective for both our countries in full. it signifies president trump goal to strengthen our bilateral approach with japan. it's an opportunity for us to discuss how we view the dialogue, structure and goals. the prime minister and i the dialogue will focus on three key policy pillars as he just discussed. the first is a common strategy on trade and investment rules and is

kanazawa is the capital of ishikawa prefecture on the west coast of honshu island along the sea of japan by time traditional districts -- one of the few cities in japan left relatively intact throughout the war. it's famous for its crafts, for its beautiful ceramics in particular, but also its artistic sensibility. the way it always valued beautiful things, traditions. it's a city that helped masa, then at a crossroads, to discover a whole new world of grace, of aesthetics, of style, that affected him deeply. for most, however, kanazawa is simply a place with great seafood. >> masa: this is the kitchen of the, uh, kanazawa city. >> anthony: yeah? >> masa: this market is. >> anthony: ooh, look at that. lot of crab. >> masa: yeah. sea shrimp, sardine, let's go over there. >> anthony: okay. ooh, look at that. ooh, uni? >> masa: yeah. >> anthony: sea urchin -- one of my absolute favorite things -- has a limited season in japan, from september to april, and it's tastiest in winter. good. from here? >> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> worker: [ speaking japanese ] >> masa: hokkaido. >> anthony:

white house, i say on his behalf to all the people of japan, in these challenging times, we are with you 100%. in the face of provocations across the sea of japan, people of this country should not that we stand with you in the defense of your security and prosperity, now and always. the united states will continue to work with japan, our allies across the region, and china to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear until north korea abandon nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but all options are on the table. nevertheless, president trump and i have great confidence that together with japan and our allies in the region, we will protect the peace and security of this part of the world and achieve our shared goal oaf a nuclear free korean peninsula. now, security is the prosperity. promoting prosperity is the main reason i had the privilege of meeting with your deputy prime minster. at the direction of trump and abe, today deputy prime minster and i have the opportunity to formally launch the dialogue. with the opportunity to deepen bilateral ties and foster jobs, prosperity, growth on both sides of the atlantic. building on

97,000 ton uss carl vinson along with two guided missile cruisers and two destroyers toward the sea of japan, also called the east sea. officials in pyongyang that said, quote, the current grim situation with the nuclear force at the core. carl vinson nuclear powered air strike group into the waters of the korean peninsula proves that the reckless acts of aggression of the u.s. against the dprk, north korea, have now entered a grave practical stage. the dprk is ready and willing to respond to whatever methods the u.s. wants to take. we are not daunted even as to turn an eyelash. >>> the state of alabama has a new governor. robert bentley resigned after covering up an affair with an aide. bentley's resignation, she calls a dark day in that state. it's now an opportunity for them to turn the image of alabama around. >>> coming up,s it election day in kansas. crucial seat is up for grabs. more on that, next. the more... they sound, powerful you'll think they are. it's time to see what power really looks like. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with accelerated retinol sa. clinically proven to

distance of about 37 miles into the east sea or the sea of japan. experts say it does mark a step forward from north korea's missile weapons technology because it appears to have used solid fuel. it is not the first time they fired this missile. they fired this one in february when trump was sitting down with the japanese prime minister. this style of missile is faster and set up to launch and makes it harder to try to intercept. you had statements from key u.s. allies in the region. south korea and japan condemning this. north korea has fired more than two times more missiles in the last five years than the whole 17 years of kim jong-un's father, kim jong-il, when he was dictator of that country. chris. >> ivan, thank you very much. a direct message coming from that country. the question is what is the response? president trump weighing his next move after the north korean missile launch and the chemical attack in syria that we told you about yesterday. cnn's joe johns is live at the white house with the crises facing the president. joe. >> reporte

a top comment comes after north korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea of japan yesterday aheadf the first summit between president trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping. over the weekend, trump says the u.s. is prepared to take action against north korea even without china's support. calls are going for former national security adviser susan rice to testify under oath about allegations that she misused intelligence information. right then i stood at the unmasking of officials under surveillance during the presidential campaign or "the wall street journal" is reporting the house intelligence committee want to question her as the probe alleged russian election interference. thursday night football is coming to amazon. the company paid 1000 -- $50 million to streamline up for amazon prime members. last season and twitter paid $10 million for the same exact number of teams to in the markets can and muted reactions. dow futures up nine, s&p futures down half a point. nasdaq futures down one yeah that's a look at what's happening now. train to "the wall street journal" reporti

they have a missile cruiser and destroyer in the sea of japan as a show of force. i'm told by national security officials at the white house that the posture of the carl vinson is patrolling the sea of japan. they're on heightened sense of alert and not predicted any problems. >> and the income tax deadline is tomorrow, which led to the question for the president's people about his own income tax returns. >> we're told that nothing has changed since the president became the president. that his income tax returns are still under audit and that he wasn't going to release anything any time soon, which prompted this question from my colleague from abc, jonathan carl. listen here. >> you asked about this a thousand times. >> thank you. >> you talk about under audit, the president is under audit. is it time to say that the president will never release his tax returns? >> we'll have to get back to you on that. >> have to get back to you on that. you can read into that, shep, nothing is imminent when it comes to the tax returns. might he some day do it? i don't think that w

>> when you send a carrier strike group into the sea of japan, that's one thing. ay -- >> yeah. >> we always have a carrier there. >> but the president of the united states isn't ublly out there saying i can nuke you if we want to. >> right. we didn't see a strike group in 2010 because the chinese wrp vehemently opposed to that and because we didn't do that, north koreans killed four south korean civilians. this is going to be difficult to recalibrate the sense of intimidation. >> less is better in this case. very little needs to be said. there are immense capabilities in the u.s. military and there are some very senior people in charge of the national security, the president may not mean to say a thing. >> that is right but he's not a man of less is more. coming up, president trump and vice president pence trying to race in to a crucial race. plus, united airlines defended themselves yesterday. now a complete 180. now the reaccommodation that has outraged the world. you might not ever just stand there, looking at it. you may never even sit in the back seat. yeah,

president trump to discuss north korea's weapons program, north korea launches missile into the sea of japan and it happened as u.s. and south korea conducted annual military exercises. secretary of state rex tillerson issued a short statement saying north korea launched another ballistic missile. united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. >>> in syria the death toll is now at 58 after an apparent chemical weapons attack that includes 11 children. the attack happened in the northern part of the country in an opposition-held town. it left residents gasping for air. let me warn you, the images are difficult to watch. richard has the story. >> scenes of horror and suffering in syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack in idlib. children and babies on vent laytors. medics and nurses tend to go injured victims. victims lying on the ground struggling to breathe while others are hosed down. this child described the attack saying i was asleep when the war plane hit us. and a grievig mother. >> translator: i lost my son, my children, my neighbors, my daughter

walters: they marked the occasion by conducting a large scale artillery drill on the sea of japan. make no mistake, this was a direct message to our ally, south korea, where millions, including nearly 30,000 u.s. troops are within range of the north korean artillery. this drill comes on the heels of novert korea's threat to destroy u.s. aircraft carriers. mr. speaker, north korea is the top threat facing the american people. north korea's efforts to extend the range of their ballistic missiles while working to miniaturize a nuclear warhead will eventually put the west coast of the united states under direct nuclear threat. intelligence experts estimate that the regime will be capable of striking the wt coast in less than four years. that is an unacceptable risk for the u.s. national security and an intolerable threat facing the residents of orange county. i urge my colleagues to join me in condemning the recent north korean provocations demanding comprehensive sanctions on the north korean regime, and supporting all actions necessary to secure the safety of our naon and allies. i yi

and president trump is keying an eye on increasing tension on the sea of japan as -- keeping an eye on increasing tension on the sea of japan as north korea fired another ballistic missile this morning. it travelled about 37 miles into the east sea and this happened as south korea and u.s. troops are conducting annual military drills that the north views as invacation rehearsal. >>> meanwhile, the -- invasion rehearsal. >>> and senator jeff merkeley who opposes the nomination and the way the republicans scuttled obama's nominee to fill the seat was recognized on the senate floor at 6:45 tuesday evening and then talked for 15 hours. here's more on that. >> reporter: rise to address the nomination of neil gorsuch. >> reporter: and with that, democratic senator jeff rme -- jeff merkeley statemented a nearly 15 and a half-hour one- man protest in lou of a filibuster the democrats hoped to launch against the confirmation of president trump's supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. >> i hope they will consider what their actions would mean for future supreme court confirmations. >> legisla

it landed in the sea of japan. ow the range of the missile but clearly this is a provocation by north korea coming on the heels of a very big meeting today by secretary of state rex tillerson, who essentially put the world on notice that if north korea is going to continue with these missile launches with perhaps another nuclear test that the u.s. wanted to see much more action from the international community and he did not rule out the need for the u.s. to take military action if north korea continued its behavior. take a listen to secretary tillerson to the u.n. security council earlier today. >> all options for responding to future provocation must remain on the table. diplomatic and financial lefers -- levers of power will be backed up with military action if necessary. we much prefer a negotiated solution to this problem but we are committed to defending ourselves and our allies against north korean aggression. >> reporter: now, secretary tillerson laid out a whole series of steps that the u.s. wants member st

the us vice president will visit a us aircraft carrier in the sea of japan as tensions continue witheligious and racial tensions, voters are choosing jakarta's new governor but a warning from the president.

in the face of provocations across the sea of japan, ththe people of this country should know that we stand with you in the defense of your security and prosperity, now and always. >> staying with this story, let's bring in michael, our tokyo correspondent. reassuring words fromomice presisident mike pence concerning the nuclear threat from north korea, the u.s. reiterating its support for its japanese allies. >> that's right, and to be honest, the japanese public needs the sort of reassurance. some of the tabloid newspapers have alarming headlines. of coursrse, there have been stories even in the mainstream media about the possibility of war breaking out and even the u.s. launchihing such a war preemptively. obviously, there are a lot of people h here in j japan on edgt the moment. reassurance that the united states will be there is helpful. also on the agegenda during that meeeeting today, the launch of bilateral trade negotiations. tell us more. >> another aspect of the trump policy is s to try toddress what he sees as imbmbalances in the united states-japapan trade. t time, the un

turned the uss carl vinson and four support ships to the sea of japan. ispatch of the kacarl vinson strike group prov that the reckless acts of aggression of the u.s. against the dprk have now entered a grave practical stage. the dprk is willing and ready to respond to whatever methods the u.s. wants to take. we are not daunted even as to turn an eyelash. >> back in the states, officials in texas say they are disappointed that a federal judge has struck down the voter i.d. law, the court ruling that it intentionally discriminated against black and hispanic voters by requiring them to issue government issued photo i.d. in order to vote. they are reviewing their options. >>> and chris cuomo joining us. >> and i'm writing my lead right now. boris, look at this, we have the same outfit organization yours is just better. >> well done. >> you're better looking, so you can have it. so today we'll deal with the ush against cities of now, what is going on at the g7 and how the talk there about the need to involve russia in any solution in syria is a really good ba

and the karl vincent and that battle group are being deployed to the sea of japan and will likely arrive in the coming wee weeks. but the presence of u.s. forces, as i saw firsthand in south korea, more than 30,000 personnel here in japan, more than 50,000 personnel being aboard the "u.s.s. ronald reagan" gives me great confidence that the united states presence in the asian pacific is strong and under president trump's leadership it will be stronger still. >> let's talk about north korea and what you have been saying while here in the region, that the strategy of the u.s. will be to reach out to allies in the region and that the best path to die log is through a family of nations. that sounds a whole lot like the six party talks back in the bush administration that failed. how is your policy different? >> i think that the president has made it very clear that after more than two decades of failed dialogue and even what was called strategic patience that the patience of the united states and our allies in this region has really run out and that we are now going to begin to take such meas

they all apparently believed that the "uss carl vinson" and its support ships were headed to the sea of japan and korean peninsula when they were not. they were headed in no such direction and they were thousands of miles away. of course, it goes without saying the prlt got this one wrong, too. >> we are sending an armada, very powerful. >> whether it is a good idea or not to send an armada, an aircraft carrier strike group to the korean peninsula at a time like this. it's a good idea for the united states government to have some basic idea of where all our aircraft carriers are at any given moment. i mean, in this case, it's more worrying, not less, to realize that this is a problem that goes well beyond just the president screwing something up. the president screws stuff up. at this point with this president, it's not even weird to realize that he might not even know who the leader of north korea is. in the middle of this supposed standoff with them. >> i'm not like other administrations where they say we're going to do this in four weeks and that doesn't work that way. we'll sewhat happens

of their more modern. it fell, by all accounts, into the east sea, also known as the sea of japan. it went a distance. we don't know how far. the concern tonight will be if, in fact, this was another testing of one of north korea's more advanced ballistic missiles. they regularly do fire off some of their older missiles. it's not a big concern to the united states. but that missile program has been modernizing and advancing and the u.s. has been waiting to see when they will next test one of those more modern missiles. this launch tonight came out of a place called the sempo shipyard on north korea's east coast. u.s. satellites over the last several days had noticed increased activity at that ship yard. trains and equipment moving around and now tonight a launch from that very area. erin? >> thank you very much, barbara starr. the trump administration says the clock has run out. our other breaking story this hour. people will end up in jail. that is the stark warning from one top democrat investigating trump's ties to russia. whether asked if there's any hard evidence of clugs between the president's

carl vincent is expected to arrive in the sea of japan next week. nickie hailey said the u.s. is not trying to pick a fight with north north korea. >> george h.w.bush remains in a houston hospital being treated for a mild case of pneumonia. he was taken to the hospital because of a persist and cough. bush is looking forward to going home and mrs. bush has been constantly by his side. bush spent 16 days in the hospital back in january again for pneumonia. >> 44:47 a.m., all aboard with your morning cup of coffee. >> it's blinds to go's sheer savings event. right now take 25% off all sheer shades, our fastest-growing collection. classic. modern. beautiful. the latest in window decor... now 25% off. sheer savings. sheer limited time. blinds to go. blinds for life. bit milder out there on this thursday morning as we look live from delaware county that's the commodore barry bridge, nice shot of the bridge lights reflecting in the water. the walt whitman bridge has cleared out and looking good. looking good on the schuylkill expressway i-76. a couple of traveling on mlk west river dr

president trump to discuss north korea's weapons program, north korea launches missile into the sea of japannd it happened as u.s. and south korea conducted annual military exercises. secretary of state rex tillerson issued a short statement saying north korea launched another ballistic missile. united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. >>> in syria the death toll is now at 58 after an apparent chemical weapons attack that includes 11 children. the attack happened in the northern part of the country in an opposition-held town. it left residents gasping for air. let me warn you, the images are difficult to watch. richard has the story. >> scenes of horror and suffering in syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack in idlib. children and babies on vent laytors. medics and nurses tend to go injured victims. victims lying on the ground struggling to breathe while others are hosed down. this child described the attack saying i was asleep when the war plane hit us. and a grievig mother. >> translator: i lost my son, my children, my neighbors, my daughter.

we said the vinson was going to be going to the sea of japan. now the vinson is on its way to the sea of japan. never mind the week long lag from the time they said it was until the time it is. rather bizarre propaganda exercise taking part in pyongyang over the weekend. sunday night in commemoration of what would have been the 100th birthday of the first president of north korea, also the grandfather of the current leader kim jong-un. an orchestra and choir playing to the accompaniment of a simulated attack on the united states that culminates with the american flag in flames. similar to another video that was put together by north korea back in 2016 that showed a simulated nuclear attack on washington, d.c. aboard the aircraft carrier, the uss ronald reagan, which is another carrier we've got in the region, the vice president mike pence said today that the u.s. will defeat any attack and meet any use of nuclear or conventional weapons on the part of north korea with an overwhelming and effective american response. and the daily briefing today,

vessel, coming out, you know, interdi interdicting commercial and naval traffic throughout the sea of japannching thousands of rockets into south korea, that's the way they red team this game. they understand and they know that america knows that the only options here when given this, and this is why leon panetta was so distraught in his words is that they have the option of creating massi numbers of casualties. in south korea, whether it's going out and engaging on a military force. but let me tell you. one last thing. this isn't my usual area of expertise. you know, in the western pacific. however, there is one thing that i do know. north korea is so dug in with their weapon systems since the korean war, since 1953 when it ended that the only way you're going to get rid of that nuclear program is to burn it out with a nuclear bomb. and we are not going to carry out that type of attack. north korea now has demonstrated atomic weapons systems. and we don't know how their delivery systems or whether they've been perfected. and they don't have to be perfected. they can put out out on a trawle