It is the military base where the president s Plane Air Force one takes off and lands from, thats why we all know it, but the news today a jet his crashed near there. Cnns renee marsh is on the phone with us right now. What can you tell us . Reporter ill tell you this, this information is just coming in. There is still a lot we dont know at this point, but as you said off the top a u. S. F16 crashed approximately five to six miles from joint base andrews and were getsing that from a u. S. Air force official. We do know the pilot ejected from the aircraft, but we dont have any other Additional Information at this point on the fate of the pilot. We are still working to get some more information. We are starting to see some images on social media showing that this aircraft possibly went down in a pretty wooded area, but again, all of these details are literally coming in to us right now. So that is what we know at this point. Again, to recap, a u. S. F16 crashing about five to six miles, we are told from joint base andrews, but of course, as we get more, guys, well get that to you as soon as possible. Were getting this information as youre reporting on the air that the pilot apparently is okay. The pilot ejected and the pilot survived. That is some good news that the pilot is okay. We have more breaking news this morning. It was a chemical attack and now turkey says it has seen the evidence. The attack in syria left dozens dead, more than 70, we believe, including children, and turkeys officials do say they believe chemical weapons were used. The United NationsSecurity Council holding a meeting on this attack. These are live pictures from the meeting. Were expected to hear from the ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley shortly and well keep an eye on that when it happens. Nikki haley says that the u. S. Is comfortable leaving assad in power and thats not their focus right now and this attack ensues. Before we take you there, we do want to take you to the front lines of this attack, but before we show you these images, they are incredibly, incredibly disturbing and our ben wedeman is on the turkeysyria border. What are you seeing, ben . Reporter yeah, what we saw just about an hour ago, poppy, was a nuclear biological, chemical mobile laboratory, a turkish one that was passing from this side into syria. The Turkish Health minister says that turkey has looked at all of the symptoms, examined more than 30 people who were brought from syria into turkey and they say all those symptoms point to that this was a chemical attack. They say they are going to provide their data, their results to the world health organization. Now just a couple of hours ago we were at a nearby State Hospital where we were able to speak to three of the victims of that attack yesterday. One of them, a 13yearold boy named mezin who told us yesterday at 6 30 in the morning he heard an air strike, ran up to his roof and found one of the bombs fell in one of his grandfathers house and went in there, went inside and saw his grandfather slummed over and looked like hed been asphyxiated and he ran outside to call on the neighbors to help him at which point he fainted and the next thing he remembers was waking up naked in a turkish hospital. His 55yearold grandmother also survived that attack. She also she said she heard an explosion and she said i saw blue and yellow, and then i fainted and she also said she woke up in a turkish hospital. Now we did speak to a representative of a turkish medical Relief Organization that operates inside syria. Theyre saying that their information points to at least 105 people killeded in this incident yesterday, 450 people injured. Poppy . Hey, ben, this comes on the news that the Trump Administration no longer has removing assad from power as a priority. This attack, if it was carried out by the assad regime and theres every reason to believe that it was, is just the latest in a string of constant attacks and constant bombings which have claimed the lives of thousands and thousands of civilian, correct . Yes, youre going back to august 21, 2013, that was an incident in the suburbs of damascus where its believed hundreds of people were killed in a sarin gas attack which most authorities believe was carried out by the syrian government. That was what put in motion this effort, this agreement between russia, the United States and syria for syria to dispose of all its chemical weapons and weve seen a series of events up to this year in which dozens of people were killed in each event and sometimes sarin gas used and sometimes chlorine gas and sometimes mustard gas and its not just the syrian regime, its believed, that is using chemical weapons and its also believed and has been do you meaned that in more than one instance isis has used mustard gas, as well. So this is a growing threat in this endless, awful, bloody war thats going on in syria and iraq. John . Poppy . A gross violation of International Law and of course, thousands and thousands of civilians caught in the middle of it. Ben wedeman on the turkish border. Another policy and extraordinary challenge for this administration comes on the heels of an act of defiance, firing off a missile one day before President Trump meets with chinas president. Lets bring in Senior International correspondent ivan watson who joins us from seoul. What are you learning about this latest provocation from north korea . Reporter the missile was launched, poppy, shortly after dawn here on the Korean Peninsula from the eastern coast of north korea. It was identified as a mediumrange Ballistic Missile launched from land with a very unusual trajectory going very, very high to an altitude of some 117 miles, but traveling 37 miles before crashing into the sea. Now the timing of this is very interesting because the first time this kind of missile has ever been launched, as far as we understand was in midfebruary when President Trump was in maralago at his resort meeting with the japanese Prime Minister. Thats when the first time this kn15 missile was launched and now this launch taking place a day before trump is to sit down for the very first time to meet the chinese leader xi jinping also in maralago. What do we know about the missile . Its another sign that north koreas Missile Technology is improving. It uses solid fuel unlike liquid fuel, that means they can set the missile up and launch it much quicker and makes it much harder to try to intercept. Japan and south korea, close u. S. Allies have, of course, condemned this. China which is a Major Trading partner with north korea pointed out it broke the law and called for restraint on all sides and then get this, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of china insists that there is no linkage whatsoever between the launch today and the meeting between trump and xi jinping in florida tomorrow. Interpret that as you will. Just a sheer coincidence that every time the u. S. Schedules a key meeting with a leader, ivan watson, thanks. All of this is a major threat to the Trump Administration as he is meeting with the jordan king next hour. Lets go to michelle kosinski. This is the biggest, no question, Foreign Policy test, multipronged Foreign Policy test that this administration is facing. Yeah, and we saw this interesting statement yesterday put out by the state department, kind of unexpected language saying north korea launched yet another intermediate range Ballistic Missile. The United States has spoken enough about north korea. We have no further comment. To put that out in written statement form its clear that the secretary of state wanted this to be something different. Its clear that they wanted that vagueness to be built into it. Of course, the question that people are now debating is in diplomacy and in such a sensitive, important, urgent situation, is that vagueness going to be helpful or is it going to be harmful . Thats a question that no one can really answer right now, but we just heard from the state department. We were able to question them about what message exactly they were trying to send with this statement, and they didnt say a lot. The state department wants this this statement to stand on its own, but they did reiterate that all options are on the table as weve been hearing from this administration and of course, that includes a military option. Theres also a question about what the u. S. stance is in terms of going it alone on north korea. Many experts feel that would be impossible without chinas help. We heard the president say just this week that china can either help us on north korea or they wont, indicating that the u. S. Can do this on its own, but today the state department is emphasizing the big role that chinas going to have to play just before this pivotal meeting between the two leaders. All right. Michelle kosinski at the state department. Thank you for that reporting. Lets talk more about this. Joining us is ben cardon, the Ranking Member of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee and its a tough day for u. S. Foreign relations. This attack in syria leaving 70, maybe 100 people dead including children. Back in 2013 you supported a limited use of force in syria. Look, its criystal clear now that whatever weapons the United States thought were removed from syria theyre not removed entirely and bashar assad looks like hes using them now. This is just the latest of the atrocities committed by the assad regime with the help of mr. Putin and russia. The u. S. Community must act. The United States must make it clear that our policy is that mr. Assad has to leave syria. Its not up to the Syrian People. Secondly, we need to act on establishing a war crimes tribunal and hold mr. Assad accountable for his war crimes and others. Mr. Putin needs to be looked at for how complicit hes been on these attacks and its not just this latest attack with using chemical weapons which just violates the Chemical Weapons Convention and violates International Humanitarian norms. Its a war crime, but theyve been doing barrel bombing and theyve been targeting hospitals and it is well past time that mr. Assad is indicted for his war crimes. So you think he should be tried at the hague. You have british Prime Minister theresa may saying there can be no future for assad in a stable syria. Will any words less than that ease any of your concerns from the Trump Administration or do you need to hear, do the American People need to hear that directly from the president . What i want to hear from the Trump Administration is first that our policy is that assad cannot stay as the leader of syria. Mr. Tillerson left that door open just a couple of days ago. Secondly, i want to see the United States leadership and the United Nations to establish a tribunal so we can get the indictments against mr. Assad and others who are accountable for these war crimes. We cannot be silent about this. Weve got to see action and it starts with the president. Senator, the administrations made clear just this clear that removing assad is no longer a priority. Rex tillerson and nikki haley saying it is up to the people of syria to decide. They said that before this apparent chemical attack. Do you think that statement opened the door to the attack . Im not going to try to connect dots. I know, though, when you talk to the major stakeholders in the region, there is no confidence about mr. Assad remaining as the leader of syria. He has to go, and that needs to be clear and the United States and our leadership must make that clear. So im asking mr. Tillerson and asking President Trump, make it clear to the International Community that were with them and assad has no legitimacy as president of syria and he needs to be in the hague, not in damascus. The word choice by the secretary of state Rex Tillerson saying, you know, whether assad stays in power is up to the Syrian People, you know, many saw that as a slap in the face. These are the Syrian People who are being killed, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of them over the past seven years from the assad regime. What did you make of his choice of words in that statement basically saying if they want to see him gone, then he can be gone. I found his comments to be disturbing and wrong, but you are absolutely correct. The Syrian People have been the target of mr. Assads attack. Hes used military operations using civilians as a method of accomplishing a military victory and that is against International Norms and standards. So this chemical attack is horrific, but its not the only thing hes done. Look at the barrel bombing and look at the thousands of children and women who have been killed, civilians have been killed and hospitals have been targeted. Mr. Assad cannot remain in syria and the u. S. Policy has to be clear about it and last weeks comments by the secretary of state was not clear at all. In fact, it was counterproductive. This is a crisis that spans administrations, senator, clearly, and does not appear to be getting better. Ben card in, thank you so much. An emergency United Nations meeting under way. U. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nicki haley will speak any minute. What will she say . Will she address the concerns of senator cardin . Earlier she made it sound like the United States was okay if assad stays in power. And a team of experienced traders ready to help if you need it. Its like having the power of a trading floor, wherever you are. Its your trade. 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How do you see it now . Do you see the comments of the Trump Administration, tiller son and haley, saying were not focused on assad as emboldening him for carrying out it was believed the assad regime carrying out this attack . We have seen this movie before. When i was chairman, we went through all of the intelligence to look at the possibility that they had used chemical weapons and, in fact, i believe he did use chemical weapons. That led to the deal with the russians to remove chemical weapons. How soon we forget. So apparently, we didnt get it all. There was talk at the time about trying to disable their ability to deliver chemical weapons and there were, i believe, there were good options there to do that. We chose the United States chose not to do that under the Obama Administration. He drew the red line and then he did the negotiation. So i think all of this talk about lack of focus probably emboldens assad to continue to do it. Remember, hes got the russians standing right beside him. I would argue its time to directly go after the means to deliver these chemical weapons. Look, when you talk about russia being crucial here and that has been for some time, as you say and russia is also a central subject for this Trump Administration and it has invested a huge amount of Political Capital on the campaign and now in tr