host: that was "newsmakers" with heather wilson, the air force secretary. that will be sunday at 12:30 p.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. what do you make of what you heard from the secretary? guest: getting out there and seeing the housing is phenomenal. that is what the families were hoping for. they want someone to come look at this and know that it is real. as far as the idea about concern for retribution, i do not think members of the senate armed services committee could have been clearer about the fact that there will be no tolerance of that, and the leaders of the services, absolutely. i think everyone is in agreement that the concept of retribution for reporting something like this will not be tolerated. i am absolutely gratified to hear that. host: let's start taking calls from our guests. rich is in virginia. thank you for joining us. what would you like to say? caller: thank you for taking my call. this has bothered me -- i have a house in jacksonville, north carolina, and i was shocked to find out after the last storm, i was talking to people about it

susan: joining us on "newsmakers" is the secretary of the air force, heather wilson. dr. wilson was sworn in in may of 2017. she oversees air force active duty

thank acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan, who is with us, secretary of the air force heather wilson, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general paul selva, an executive secretary of the space council dr. scott pace. they all believe in the space force very strongly as i do. it is the future. it is where we are going. whether we like it or not, that is where we are going, in space, that is the next step and we have to be prepared are our adversaries, and whether we get along with them or not they are up in space and they are doing it and we are doing it and that is going to be a very big part of where the defense of our nation, and you could say offense, but let's just be nice about it and say the defense of our nation is going to be. equippedust be fully to defend our vital interests. our adversaries are training forces and developing technology to undermine our security in space. they are working very hard at that. that's why my administration has recognized space as a war-fighting domain and made the creation of the space force a national security priority. i think we will

on newsmakers this week from the pentagon is secretary of the air force heather wilson. dr. lson was sworn in in may of 2017. she oversees air force active duty forces and manages the annual budget. she brings job experience as an air force officer herself and a former member of the house of representatives and also was part of the national security council earlier in her career. thank you for joining our program this week. let me introduce the reporters. a washington post national security reporter returning to newsmakers and bob burns is the associated press national security reporter and the head of the pentagon press association. you're up first, go ahead. secretary, the defense department is in a very unusual situation this year with a acting secretary of defense, unclear whether the president will nominate pat shanahan to be the senate confirmed secretary or not. your name is often mentioned as a highly qualified candidate for that job. i wonder if you can tell us whether you have been approached by the white house for this and if you were asked -- it is humbling to hav

secretary of the errors -- of the air force heather wilson and vice president of the chief of the chief of staff, and the executive secretary of the space -- space council. they worked very hard on this space force, they and britt -- believe it in very strongly. the future is where where going, i suspect whether we like it or not, that is the next back -- nextnext -- it is the step. others we belong with they are up in space and it will be a perfect part of where the defense of our nation and you could say offense but let's be nice about it and say the defense of our nation is going equippederica must be -- they are working very hard at it. that is why my administration has recognized space is a fighting domain. have great support from congress because they do support something when we are talking about such important and a lot of the generals and people involved have in speaking to calm desk congress. we are investing in new space capabilities to project military power and safeguard our safe -- nations interest when it comes to safety and defense. tos directive calls establish a counci

hole i feel like they were going to put into i mean when last last september air force secretary heather wilson said in a memo that the idea that caustic just that a stablish in this space force just establishing it will cost some thirteen billion dollars over a five year period and here's the deal congress has to approve any new branch of the military yes they do that's the thing i think we have a president who thinks i'm in charge of the military get to do whatever i want that's not how it works there are there are checks and balances and i don't think congress is going to approve that i hope they don't but gosh given their past history of just kind of handing over if it has a military anywhere near the top of the bill it's going to hear your stamp here you know that scares me but i do also see what you're saying that they might stop it but i want to i want to show you this because this is everybody at home because this is truly frighteningly sobering about the war on terror which we rarely talk about you know we rarely talk about how huge it is here's a map covering the scope of the current

[applause] [applause] [applause] >> on newsmakers, air force secretary heather wilson talks about the future of the air force. president trump's proposed spaceports, and the president's upcoming summit meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. akers," today at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. on the comedic, acres, christopher shelton, president of the committee case its workers of america talks about their opposition to the proposed t-mobile-sprint murder -- merger. is joined by the executive senior editor at medications daily. >> we think that is a very bad idea. we think that will destroy about 30,000 jobs in the u.s.. a japanese billionaire company, and a german state company, i don't understand why it german country and japanese billionaire's should make money off of american jobs, but that is what the merger will do. communicators," on c-span2. >> the 116th congress includes many newcomers to politics, but it also includes lawmakers with diverse backgrounds. , friend ofevin hern oklahoma senator tom coburn. in hern, youevein pervert yourself as a "fresh -- you've referred yourself

newsmakers ison the secretary of the air force, heather wilson. she oversees air force active s theforces and managers annual budget. she was also part of the security council earlier in her career. let me introduce the two reporters. thank you. bob burns is associated press national security reporter. nice to see you. go ahead, please. quite ask the defense department is -- >> the department of meant up -- defense department is an unusual situation. your name is often mentioned as a highly qualified candidate. -- we continue on to execute that job. >> thank you for your time. a major focus this week. i know you are going to have a leading hand. see ao you think we might sort of legislation moving over to capitol hill? >> it will go ahead with the president's budget. it will be within the next couple of weeks sometime. we have other things that are getting done. that demand for space which we had before 9/11. that does not require additional legislation. we have reorganized acquisition for space. of time.ut the amount the budget, there was a signi

susan: joining us on "newsmakers" is the secretary of the air force, heather wilson. dr. wilson was sworn in in may of 2017. she oversees 685,000 air force active duty guard and civilian forces, and manages the annual budget. she brings to this job experiences in air force officer herself. she was also part of the national security council earlier in her career. thank you for doing our program this week. heather: it is great to be here. susan: let me introduce the two reporters. secretary wilson, a reporter returning today. and bob burns is associated press national security reporter and the head of the pentagon has association. nice to see you, bob. you are up first with questions. robert: madam secretary, the defense department is in an unusual situation this year with an acting secretary of defense. it is unclear whether the president will nominate pat shanahan to be the confirmed secretary or not. your name is often mentioned as a highly qualified candidate. i wonder if you can tell us if you have been approached by the white house for this, and if so, if you were ask

after that, newsmakers with the air force secretary, heather wilson who talks about the formation ofce force and president trump's meeting this week with the north korean president. fayed meyer him -- i admire him because he is fallible and he is also gullible but in his memoirs would admit to that. >> an english professor at the hered states academy on grants memoirs. >> i had the moving

. >> on newsmakers, heather wilson. you can watch the interview sunday. here on c-span.i admire him because he is fallible and because he will that. the united states military upgradesher and memoirs. is is a had the physical body and to the reserves of energy left in the determination to get every last ounce of strength to the memoirs because you don't want to write his memoirs initially. quest sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. governor gives the state of the state address where he looks at education, health care, and infrastructure investment. he is term limited after winning reelection in may be considering a presidential run after making recent trips to iowa. [applause] gentlemen, i have the high honor and the great tovilege of introducing you the governor of montana.

heather wilson is in charge of the air force, she is the one who will have to sell this proposal throughd i think it's got a good chance of making it through. >> tucker: i would be proud of one of my children joins a space force. >> and you should be. >> tucker: thanks for the explanation, i've never heard that so crisply explained. the owner of the new england patriots apparently caught up in a sting. some doubt it's real, will talk to one of them now. that will be el presidente ♪ >> tucker: welcome back to our "inside the issues" special, the ongoing cultural revolution has claimed an awful lot of victims unless couple of years. someone's political views, a historical political views are unfashionable in brooklyn, their memory is at risk. you don't have to have done anything wrong. in north carolina, vandals just tried to sit fire to a marble statue of general lee. it was not robert e. lee. it was bill lee, one of the planners of the normandy invasion a general of world war ii, not the civil war. somehow the people who want to police history know nothing about it. the owner of the new

heather wilson is in charge of the air force, she is the one who will have to sell this proposal throughi think it's got a good chance of making it through. >> tucker: i would be proud of one of my children joins a space force. >> and you should be. >> tucker: thanks for the explanation, i've never heard that so crisply explained. the owner of the new england patriots apparently caught up in a sting. some doubt it's real, will talk to one of them now. that will be el presidente dave portnoy from barstool sports, he joins us everyone's got to listen to mom. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet, coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants what's best. more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org bill's back needed a afvacation from his vacation. an amusement park... so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. it recommends our best custom fit

one of them is the air force secretary heather wilson. is actually secretary of state mike pompeo. his name has been out there for some time and i'm hearing more whispers about it recently. the people on the hill who i've been asking about this, they seem to think that if he got the nomination, he could probably get through confirmation. but people just aren't really certain at this point whether he's actually going to get it from president trump. >> i can tell you that mike pompeo is in good steady with the president. in cairo, a couple of months back, he described himself, "i'm a military man." he was first in his class at west point, he was very proud of that, as he should be, and i can see a scenario where they could shift him over if that's what the president wants. >> yes, absolutely. >> courtney, thank you so much. >>> coming up, firing back. president trump vowing to take on the 16 states suing him over his emergency declaration. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. great news, liberty mutual customizes- uh uh - i d

i wanted to talk about your plans and secretary of the air force heather wilson's as you unveiled last month at the air force convention and has spoken about publicly since, to grow the air force abstention it. which i realize will be a function of a budget that you can't divulge the details of yet . fall, when you give your vision, you wanted to grow the air force bomb was 25%, from 312 operational squadrons to 386. i wanted to, without getting into specifics, about just how much you think you can do given the budget that's about to be unveiled, ask you to describe the priorities within growth. we know that there are different elements to the air force. there's command and control, there's cyber, there's tankers, there's fighters, there's bombers, there's jamming space. out of those different categories and others, are there two or three that matter to you most that you need to advocate for growth with the most passion and hopefully the most success? gen. goldfein: they all matter. remember, we took all the force elements across all the missions we were responsible for and we ran 3,00

all the way at the end is we have secretary heather wilson, 24th secretary of the air force. air force officer herself. and she previously also served in congress where she was on the house armed services committee. thank you, all, secretaries, for coming. even if i can't get your name right. i appreciate you coming today. let me start with a broad question and maybe just go down the line. it's two years into the administration, a year since the national defense strategy has been released. there's been priorities set from the beginning from secretary mattis around readiness and then around -- essentially structure and capability of force and now with the n.d.s. moving into this period of competition, in particular, focused on china and russia, where do you see the accomplishments to date that are most important for each of your departments and what are your priorities going forward? >> first, thank you, kathleen, for you and csis hosting. i think it was very successful last year and hopefully there will be a third one as well. let's go back in baseline as well. about this tim

we spoke with the secretary of the air force, heather wilson, last fall, about why we need a space forcee are trying to a dress the problem the president has asked us to focus on is how do we continue to dominate in space because every mission in the military is dependent on it and so is the timing signal for the new york stock exchange and the blue dot on your phone. it enables the american economy and we must remain dominant. david: joining us is brian weeden, secure world foundation director of program planning and on the phone from washington is rob levinsohn, bloomberg government defense analyst. we know a lot about contentions between the united states and china over trade and in the south china sea over islands. we are also competing with china in space. .ob: that is true a lot of this increased concern over space has been sparked by years ago when the chinese blew up an old weather satellite of theirs to demonstrate they could target assets in space. alix: what does that mean? where is the vulnerability? is it satellites? what does that do on the ground? where will that conflict

heather wilson is our guest on the c-span newsmaker program. she is of course the air force secretary and one of the topics we are talking about was the directive this past week to create a spaceport. [video clip] think the first several steps are? when might we see some legislation moving over to capitol hill? with thel go forward theet, i mean it's about timing of these things as you can imagine, but in the next couple of weeks that draft legislation will be underway. >> what are we looking at over the next five years? >> the president gave us guidance saying that we would propose to establish a space force that would have a chief of staff, but not a completely finance.nt acquisition remaining within a department of the air force with an undersecretary for space. i currently have oneundersecret. it would expand that to two. by doing that, the president is elevating the importance of putting a kitchen table conversation for the country to recognize that there is a threat in space. the overall cost is significantly less because the president ha

susan: joining us on "newsmakers" is the secretary of the air force, heather wilson. dr. worn in in may of 2017. she oversees 685,000 air force active duty guard and civilian forces, and manages the annual budget. she brings to this job experiences in air force officer herself. she was also part of the national security council earlier in har

heather. the firs first national emergeny under president wilson to prevent the transfer of u.s. ships to foreigners during world war ii. so do you think this should have been issued, this type of congressional power in the first place? >> yell, that' well, that's a gt question. if congress thinks they've extended national emergency power too broadly then they can go in and change the law. but the supreme court said in 1981 that congress can't delegate a broad authority and veto an action by the executive branch that's vested with that authority simply when they disagree on policy. congress would have to go back and change the law in order to narrow this. and that may be a good idea. >> jenna, this is garry smith. two questions. there is, i believe, 31 national emergencies existing, even some from the quarter administration that could go on in purpose duty. perpetuity. but it looks like 30 of them relate to terrorists activities. don't sell ships to north korea, that kind of thing. my first question is what umbrella do you think this will fall under if any, if he needs an umbrell