just like our special operations force, a space operations force will draw men and women from across he military and will grow into their own unique and cohesive community. they will support the commands by providing space expertise in times of crisis and conflict. third, this report calls for the creation of a new joint organization, the space development agency, that will ensure the men and women of the space force have the cutting-edge war-fighting capabilities that they need and deserve. while our adversaries have been busy weaponizing space, too often we have bureaucracied it. it will focus on innovation, experimentation and forging the technologies of the future. men and women of the department of defense have pioneered some of the most ground breaking discoveries in our armed forces that have revolutionized our national defense in times of need. from the general's creation of the intercontinental ballistic missile to the development of the navy's nuclear enterprise. now we must deliver the war fighting capabilities faster than our adversaries could ever imagine. that's exactly

space force! but why do we need space force? orists could, through the use of drones, get into space and become a very dangerous hazard to our freedom. - i'm sure that there will be war in space. - let's not forget 9/11, okay? i think that space force could help prevent the next 9/11. - which would be 9/12. - 9/12. 9/13. - okay. - i think isis could get to space. - space isis. - space isis. right, space isis. but do we really need a space force? - doesn't make a lot of sense, and we'd be wasting a lot of dollars, but at the same time, it's just gonna be cool. - let me just unpack what you just said. - right. - we need to have a space force. it's gonna be a waste of money. - yup. - but it's gonna be cool. - right. - so we need to have it. do you stand by that statement? - stand by that statement 100%. - [bleep] yeah, space force. - pretty much. pretty much we need regulations in space, because you can do whatever you want. - isn't trump against regulation? - yeah. but as a... i just stuttered myself here. you know what? space forc

just like our special operations forces, a space operations force will draw men and women from across the military and will grow into their own unique and cohesive community. they'll support the combatant commands by providing space expertise in times of crisis and conflict. third, this report calls for the creation of a new joint organization, the space development agency, that will insure the men and women of the space force have the cutting edge war-fighting capabilities that they need and deserve. finish while our adversaries have been busy weapon nicing space, too often we have bureaucratized it. and over time our ability to adapt to new and emerging threats has been stifled by needless layers of red tape. the space development agency will break free from ineffective structures to focus on innovation, experimentation and forging the technologies of the future. men and women of the department of defense have pioneered some of the most groundbreaking discoveries in our armed forces that literally have revolutionized our national defense in times of need. from the creation of the in

space force is not your solution. the third thing is more focused on people of the space enterprise. that's another criticism i've heard. once again i say if people is your problem, space force is not your solution. rather, better solutions to those people issues could be reform of the defense officer personnel management act which, by the way, is working its way through congress which will help not only the space enterprise, but other career fields as well. there could be more done with the secretary of the air force's instructions on promotion boards. they could redo can requirements of the -- redo requirements of the staffs across the air force to make room for more space personnel to be integrated with those staffs. so once again i say if people is your issue, the 10-35,000 people of the space enterprise, i think, would get totally lost in the bureaucracy of the air force with a brand new space force. finally, war-fighting focus. by the way, i think that is the key thing that is driving the president with his annou

an ace force ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ call the space force call the space force ♪ ♪ call the space force >> jimmyd got an emmy for that. [ applause ] maybe that's where trump got the idea. he was a kid watching "space force" on nbc -- what's going on? >> hello? come in. [ cheers and applause ] come in, earth. >> jimmy: this is earth. >> this is commander fred willard, do you hear me? >> jimmy: yes, commander willard, we hear you. >> to whom am i speaking? is this jay leno? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no. jay retired. this is jimmy kimmel. >> oh. that's disappointing. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh. well. i'm sorry, commander. but are you contacting us from space right now? >> i sure am. as soon as i heard president trump was bringing the space force back, i re-enlisted. >> jimmy: oh, that is -- you know what that's very admirable. >> well, i don't like to brag, but yes, it is. [ laughter ] and i'll tell you, the old uniform still fits pretty good, am i right? >> jimmy: yes indeed. >> probably spend too much time in the weight room. >> jimmy: are you happy president trump brought the space force back? >

forces just as in the past when we created the air space establishing the force is an idea whose time has come. the space environment is the mentally changed in last generation what was once uncontested is now crowded and adversarial. today, other nations are seeking to disrupt our space based american d challenge supremacy in space as never before. or many years nations from russia and china to north korea and iran have pursued weapons to blind, and disable our satellites via electronic from ground. but recently, they have been new weapons of itself.o space in 2007, china launched a mission that tracked and estroyed one of its own satellites. a highly provocative of china's growing capability to militarize space. designing a laser to disrupt our system and claims to launched from s an aircraft craft mid flight to destroy american satellites. our adversaries have transformed a war fighting domain already. and the united states will not shrink from this challenge. [applause] president trump's leadership we'll meet it head on to defend our nation and build a peaceful future. here on ear

the space force is actually happening. they've got plans, they're finding money. chael bay is on board to direct the whole thing. [ laughter ] this announcement was a big bone to throw mike pence. mike pence loves space. sometimes mother even lets him wear rocket ship pajamas. that's how much he -- [ laughter ] i watched this whole announcement this morning and i was impressed by the fact that mike pence was somehow able to make an announcement about interspace warfare boring. that's hard to do. [ laughter ] but i will admit he did have his g to disruptursre baseupremacy in space as never before. our adversaries have transformed space into a war-fighting domain already. and the united states will not shrink from this challenge. [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's right. somehow mike pence is still the whitest one up there. [ laughter ] and of course no one is more excited about this than darth trader, donald trump. [ laughter ] this was a tweet today. "space force all the way." i've been laughing about it all day. i don't know. i keep thinking of it. that should be their

the space force already exists inside the air force. you have the space -- the thing is, all military service does, organize, train, and equip . that is all military services do. you have army, navy, and then you have the combatants that go and fight the war, and they are all watch wrote of the branches. -- four of the branches. so this is organizing, training, and equipping a cadre of professionals that can fight a war. it does not mean the space force will go fight a war, but it will be a cadre of professionals that are trained and equipped to do that. host: by the way, the nasa administrator will be our guest on our newsmakers program, and about thisikely talk latest announcement. but other things related to nasa -- if you want to see that interview, you can see it tonight and also on sunday at 10:00 in the morning. chuck in west virginia, good morning. morning, pedro. this is something i am absolutely furious about. i am 59 years old. most of my life i have been hugely supportive of space declaration and the peaceful uses of space,

offering up six options. >> space force. >> this space force.tired astronaut mike kelly does not love it. >> it's unnecessary bureaucracy and cost because currently the air force -- the u.s. air force is dealing with this threat adequately. >> reporter: the space force needs apraoufbl by congress. only then can the president complete his mission to boldly go where the military hasn't had a branch before. >>> and more space news here. >>> history was made about 24 hours from now as nasa launches its first mission to touch the sun. it will use a revolutionary heat shield to fly through the corona. it will travel at 430,000 miles per hour. making the fastest object in th outer atmosphere is expanding. head explosion. at's thead lib live picture-- dn good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >>> hey there, it is friday morning. we are glad to have you with us. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. thanks for joining us. i want to get a look at what's going on with the weather today. the hottest day. >>

space force. [ applause ] we're going to space.pace force because it's a whole -- the space force. space. people love that. space force. [ crowd chanting ] space force. >> seth: he sounds like a carnival barker at a third tier state fair trying to get kids to go on his ride. [ laughter and applause ] "you guys like space? s you lice? space force. it's a really fun ride. no line. no line at space force. [ laughter ] you guys know space? t itt." [ laughter ] now before today, this was just an insane idea we could al ignore because it came from a confused grandpa whose brain stopped developing in 1972. [ light laughter ] today, that all changed, because his vice president and his secretary of defense had to o actually the pentagon, the real pentagon, and make it a reality, after trump oered them to officially start working on creating a space force. >> the department of defense will release our space report to congress reinforcinghe specifics on how we're going to carry this forward. and that report reflects a clear-eyed view of the f

so how much would a space force cost? house won't send a formal request to congress until next year. but in the meantime, the pentagon is asking for an additional $8 billion for space security systems. maggie and kendis? >> that's quite a chunk there. can't wait to see the space force at the military parade. telescopes. >>> so there's more drama in the republican primary race for governor in kansas. the secretary of state, kris kobach, now leads jeff colyer by 121 votes after two counties reported discrepancies in their initial tallies. kobach now says he will recuse himself from the election oversight. as secretary of state he serves as the state's top election official. >>> we're getting our first look inside the compound where authorities say muslim children were getting violent lessons. detectives found a weapons arsenal. two men and three women are accused of teaching the children to carry out school shootings. it was illegally built on another man's land. he says authorities did not move fast enough. >> there's no ex

perhaps you could add two words, air and space force -- possible. the importance it deserves, it seems a pretty good idea. >> mike: there will be fighting over how much it costs in getting people behind on capitol hill to sign off on it, your thoughts on the price tag and the deficit hawks out there? >> we are going to spend this money anyway, it depends on how much goes to the simple bureaucratic task of creating another military service. you could argue that money would not be well spent. in terms of the actual substance of developing these systems to operate in space, it's going to be expensive. >> i think it's hard to identify deficit hawks on capitol hill these days. this is a cost that has been abandoned by everyone. it is true that congress if it is going to be a separate branch of the military, congress is going to have to agree to establish it. it's not at all clear that congress is going to be ready to do that anytime soon. legislation has a very hard time getting through congress these days. >> mike: vice president pence talks about the th

time has come to establish the space force. —— the time has come to establish the united states spacetim fernholz. he's a senior reporter with quartz and hejoins us from san francisco. on the face of everything, they cannot find money for other projects but they can find $8 billion for this, but there is a threat that the us wants to combat. yes there is, there is a lot going on behind their space force, but the reality is that spaceis space force, but the reality is that space is important to the us military. it hasn't always been great in doing itsjob in recent yea rs, great in doing itsjob in recent years, so great in doing itsjob in recent years, so they want a new branch to focus on this. president trump has seized on this idea and made it to be part of his national security strategy and it has been controversial for a while. originally the military establishment was not in favour of this, especially the us air force, which handles all military space operations right now, but it seems that the president has had his way. the big question, as you say, is whether congress will pay f

how do you join the space force? do we know --? >> like i did. i go to space camp. no. un with this because there an air force academy and naval. is there going to be something to recruit space rangers? >> people love this. people big the idea of getting the u.s. back into space in a way in a competes with frankly, russia and china as we mentioned, who are making moves. >> we compete plenty. >> wait a second. jim doesn't think so. here's what he said warning about u.s. satellites. being vulnerable. >> predict weather, the way we understand climate and of course a lot of people don't realize every banking transaction in the united states of america requires a timing signal from gps which means if we lose that in this country, we have no milk in the grocery store within a matter of three days. it's a threat to the united states. >> is he wrong? >> no, he's not wrong. gps is kind of like the one topic that all the space proponents keep pushing on to reporters. it's serious, but look, the reality is you have is tsatelli in space and people trying to attack. but we've had a s

the space. force is really like you said in your opening segment the six military agency and it's very important for securing space it's about navigation we're talking it says and. communications and this is all about trying to make sure that we don't have. poor harbors in space where we would have a blackout and that would basically cripple the global economy this is really about ensuring security. global capital and global businesses which are korean cresap lee depended upon satellite technologies and space assets and so madison is looking at trying to create a space command similar to what you see in the european command the middle east command the african command of pacific command and then make making sure that space assets are protected and that we have national security up space because in the twentieth century we're really talking about the air force and we're trying to essentially secure the stratosphere which is about ten to thirty kilometers and now where we're based in the sky but now we'r

layed out plans and desires to create a sixth branch of the military which would be the called the space forcemuch of this has to do with protecting satellites in space, the vice president identified north korea and iran but especially china and russia adam: verse acer. >> both china and russia have been conducting highly sophisticated on-orbit activities to maneuver satellites closer to ours. >> air force has space command, roughly 30,000 members make up 10% of the air force, a letter in congress last summer the defense secretary jim mattis rejected the idea of a new service writing at the time, quote, because our army, navy ma reaps have vital operations, properly integrated approach is better for carrying out this mission, mattis is now behind the administration's plan, he says the threat in space is real. >> it is becoming a contested war-fighting domain and we have got to adapt to that reality, it's on par with the air land and cyber sea domains. praik blake adding another branch of military would need approval, they hope to get the space force up and running by 2020. back to you in new y

we may even have a space force develop another one, space force. we have the air force, we'll have the space force. we'll call it the space force. think of that, space force! >> stephen: yes! think of that. but not too hard because it's stupid. (laughter) we already have nasa. we don't need space force. pleas wait until nasa finds life before you try to kill it. (laughter) and today space force, got a boost from vice president mike pence no surprise. pence say huge fan of space strks the farthest you can get from being alone with a human woman. (laughter) now, yes, in a peach to the defense department pence outlined the mission that will take us to the stars. >> president trump proclaimed that the united states stands in his words at the birlt of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space. >> stephen: what a stirring call to something we're already doing. (laughter) yeah, since the 1960s in fact, pence's speech reminded me of jfk's immortal words. >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, if the because the

you know there are many valid reasons it could be put forth for an independent space force protectionof assets protection of satellites . and i think that what we're seeing here is we might be getting just a little bit ahead. right now as it mentioned there the united states air force base and already does a lot of these things the united states strategic command does a lot of these things and so the question is if you create a new space force what is that going to do that is different than what air force base is doing already well this document that the pentagon and that mike pence have released talks about and elite. personnel and elite squad that will be trained to fight wars and space what do you make of that. i noticed that vice president it's made clear correlations between a new space force and the creation of the united states pressure all operations command again i think we're getting a little bit ahead of where the policy is right now and i think the celebs late say that again please is there paula safe right now. i'm not aware of what the policy would be right now what a u.

the space. force is really like you said in your opening segment the six military agency and it's very important for securing a space it's about navigation we're talking it says and. communications and this is all about trying to make sure that we don't have. poor harbors in space where we would have a blackout and that would basically cripple the global economy this is really about ensuring that security. global capital and global businesses which are korean crease really depended upon satellite technologies and space assets and so. this is looking at trying to create a space command similar to what you see in the european command the middle east command the african command of pacific command and then make making sure that space assets are protected and that we have national security up space because in the twentieth century we're really talking about the air force and what we're trying to essentially secure the stratosphere which is about ten to thirty kilometers and now where we're based in the sky

space force. space force. space force. people love it. >> reporter: but retired astronaut mark kelly does not love it. >> it's unnecessary bureaucracy and unnecessary costs because currently, the air force, the u.s. air force is dealing with the threat adequately. >> reporter: the space force needs approval by congress and only then can the president complete his mission to boldly go where the military hasn't had a branch before. hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. >>> we've got a lot more ahead tonight. a family's travel nightmare, a brother and sister flying out without their parents. the plane diverted and kids taken to a hotel but why didn't the airline tell mom and dad? we'll be right back. >>> we're back now with a story that might make you think twice before you let your child fly unaccompanied. two kids flying alone on a frontier airline's flight were diverted to another state and the kids were in a hotel room but their parents had no idea because the airline didn't tell them. tammy leitner has the st

. >>> the time has come for the united states space force. >> and the space shooting for the stars.hat will this branch of the military actually do? welcome to "early start." i'm phil mattingly. >> the last day of your week incarceration here. >> i don't know how you do it. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. california's governor declaring a state of emergency as the raging holy fire inches closer to homes in the southern part of the state. here is what we know. the inferno is 5% contained. more than 21,000 people under mandatory evacuation and so far, more than 10,000 acres have burned. look at these images emerging overnight from the holy fire bearing down on this neighborhood in lake elsinore. firefighters asking a man to leave as he was using a garden hose to put flames out on his roof. this man capturing flames in his backyard. this man eventually left and told cnn he is not sure he will have a home when we returns. cnn's stephanie elam brings us the latest from lake elsinore. >> reporter: christine and phil, this is the concern. we are here at the holy fire.

there's a lot going on behind the space force, but the reality is that space is very important to theys been great at doing itsjob in recent years, especially according to some lawmakers in congress, and so they want a new branch to focus on this. president trump has seized on this idea, and made ita big part of his national security strategy. and it's been controversial for a while. originally, the military establishment was not in favour of this, especially the us air force, which handles all military space operations right now. but it seems that the president has had his way. the big question, as you say, is whether or not congress is going to pay for this new service, especially at a time when us forces are deployed in a number of conflicts around the world. and presumably that vote in congress would have to be after the november mid—terms. that could potentially be tricky. yes, indeed. a democratic congress is not going to be giving in to the president's priorities without extracting a price he may not want to pay. but, we're going to have to see how the election plays out before

the united states space force will strengthen our security. will ensure our prosperity, and it will also carry american ideals into the boundless expanse of space. while other nations increasingly possess the capability to operate in space, not all of them share our commitment to freedom, private property and the rule of law. so as we continue to carry american leadership in space, so also will we carry america's commitment to freedom into this new frontier. >> while these steps have been vital to our national defense, they're really only a beginning. they're only a beginning of meeting the rising security threats our nation faces in space today and in the future. as president trump has said in his words, it is not enough to merely have an american presence in space, we must have american dominance in space, and so we will. >> well, the u.n. n secretary general is calling for an investigation into a saudi-led coalition air strike in yemen that killed dozens yesterday, many of them children. the images i want to warn you are graphic. nbc news c

. >>> president trump's call for a space force. the vice president and the pentagon launching plans to establish a new military service for space. will congress give it the green light? >>> plus, the abc news exclusive. the last known person claiming to have seen that missing iowa college student before she disappeared. >>> and the 16-year-old girl shoved off a bridge, falling into the water 60 feet below, breaking ribs, puncturing a lung. tonight, from the hospital, talking about how she survived. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a busy th night. i'm tom llamas, in for david. and we begin with the fire threat in the west, and new evacuations happening right now. the holy fire in california's orange and riverside counties racing across the hills. closing in on neighborhoods and homes, you see it right there in the backyard of that home. new evacuations ordered just moments ago. and this man, seen confronting firefighters on monday, is suspected of arson, now under arrest, charged with six felonies. military troops

the space. force is really like you said in your opening segment the six military agency and it's very important for securing a space it's about navigation we're talking it says and. communications and this is all about trying to make sure that we don't have. harbors in space where we would have a blackout and that would basically cripple the global economy this is really about ensuring that security. global capital and global businesses which are korean crease really depended upon satellite technologies and space assets and so. this is looking at trying to create a space command similar to what you see in the european command the middle east command the african command of pacific command and then make making sure that space assets are protected and that we have national security up space because in the twentieth century we're really talking about the air force and we're trying to essentially secure the stratosphere which is about ten to thirty kilometers and now where we're based in the sky but now w

look, the russians and chinese both have space forces of their own. 're organized differently, but they are advancing their space capabilities. and their ability to defend themselves by knocking other satellites out of the sky. so there is a need for this, it's just a matter of how you organize it, train it, equip it, and resource it. >> i was thinking back to that moment in june where the president made this announcement, and it was a little unexpected. people in the room were sort of watching him, and he turned to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said, general, you got this? he said, got it. i think it was emblematic of how the president functions. so often he says things or makes announcements that are unexpected. then the people around him actually do have to take those words at their value and try to execute whatever it is he wants executed and actually figure out, does he actually want this, and is he actually committed to this? i think for all of the sort of fodder this has created for the late-night shows, there are real questions

about tremendous defense capability officer of capability it's in space so we're going to do the space force. but not everybody's enthusiastic about the proposed military space program or the pentagon's lukewarm response to the president's plans is just one of a number of signs perhaps there is a disconnect between trump and his military as you go down off expects. throughout his short political life donald trump has been taking an unequivocal stand that he is the biggest ally the u.s. military could ever wish for we salute their sacrifice or we salute the flag they fought to protect our great war for the men and women who paid the ultimate price for victory and for freedom. the women of the united states military these are our finest but just over a year into his presidency the commander in chief has been all but drifting further away from his million strong core right now the white house and the pentagon are squabbling over donald trump's initiative to create an additional military branch a space force. the pentagon was unimpressed about this a year ago the pentagon isn't impressed now is

military called the space force. burman from the pentagon with all the details. >> mike inches came from the pentagon, when it comes to space we need to be bold and creative. to that end the vice president announced administration desires and plans to create eventually a sixth branch of the united states military, which would be called indeed the space force. to boil this all down, essentially why is this protecting our satellites up in outer space. the vice president identified north korea and iran, especially russia and china as adversaries. >> both china and russia have been conducting highly sophisticated on orbit activities could enable them to manuever satellites to close proximity of ours, posing unprecedented new dangers to our systems. >> the united states air force already has a space command. there are 30,000 members snatched to it. that is pretty sizable number, considering about 10% of the air force. critics say the proposal is simply redunn tant. last summer the defense secretary jim mattis is against a

space force, you know i love it. but i have space burrs, i can't do it. >> space force, mars has cleaner water than flint. in space, no one can hear you collude. and one small step for man, really small hands for a man. >> you knew, you knew, you just knew. we're going to discuss space force coming up with general michael hayden. >> yeah, stay with us. >> we'll be right back. se any car in the aisle, even if it's a better car class than the one you reserved. so no matter what, you're guaranteed to have a perfect drive. [laughter] (vo) go national. go like a pro. see what i did there? tap one little bumper and up go your rates. what good is your insurance if you get punished for using it? news flash: nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ this ijust listen. (vo) there's so much we wan

the space force thank you very. much going to be a great look so much is happening now in space i mean your great defense i'm not just talking about mars and the moon i'm talking about tremendous defense capability office of capability it's in space so we're going to do the space force . not everybody's enthusiast think about the proposed military space program the pentagon's lukewarm response to the president's plans that's just one of a number of signs that there's a disconnect between trump and his military of explains. throughout his short political life donald trump has been taking an unequivocal stand that he is the biggest ally the u.s. military could ever wish for we salute their sacrifice or we salute the flag they fought to protect our great war for the men and women who paid the ultimate price for victory and for freedom. the women of the united states military these are our finest but just over a year into his presidency the commander in chief has been all but drifting further away from his million strong

would be dealt with by folks of the space force. completely separate branch. blake, thanks. blake burman at the pentagon. when we talk about space we always talk about private companies taking the lead in developing space in one way, shape or form, whether elon musk, or somebody else that is the way the conversation is going. today is the focus on u.s. governments role as blake was reporting getting ahead of the likes of china and russia in space. we have former astronaut clay ton anderson with us. changes for coming on. we appreciate it. for someone that knows a lot about the space, what do you think of the militarization of space that is being talked about? >> hard for me to comment until i hear all the details with respect to what the definition of space force is, but if you go back in the '80s, when we brought air force personnel on to the johnson space center to help them learn how to actually launch and control space shuttle missions they had designed to fly out of vandenberg air force base there is a precedent for that sort o

we want to hear what a space force could look like.t's what we'll hear when the vice-president pence saks at thepentagon. we should get a report from the pentagon about that as well. if you'll recall, thisas not been without controversy. some critics say it could harm petieful space exploraon and within the military some say it just adds another level of bureauacy and a lot of what a space force could cover is already covered by the air force. today -- in the past several ryys defense secre james mattis has been down playing some of that controversy. here's what he had to say. >> we are in complete alignment with the president's conce about protecting our assets in space that contribute to our security, for our economy. er are going to have to address it as o countries show a capability to aack. >> reporter: so not quite a glowing endorsement, but ulmately congress willave the final say in whether or not a space force happens. >> and we will see if the president gets the martians to pay for it. thank you. >> they are slapping strict ne

called the space operations force. an would serve as assistant secretary of defense for space and the space development agency would focus on new technology for the fight in space. the vice president says the trump administration is working to build bipartisan support for the plan. angelica alvarez, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> gender inequality in pay has been a pretty hot topic for many people and a new study shows that those patterns start as early as childhood. the maryland population resource center analysis looked at kids age 15 to 19. they found that girls do about 45 minutes of housework a day. boys do about a half hour. another analysis found boys earned twice what girls did for doing their chores. the study also found that girls are more likely to be paid for cleaning. boys are more likely to be paid for personal hygiene. california crops. >>> coming up at 6:00 a judge orders the trump administration to ban a popular pesticide used on millions of acres of california crops, why it's being linked to brain cancer

the space force with with that's going to be great luck so much is happening now it's a great defense i'm not just talking about mars at the moment i'm talking about tremendous defense capability offensive capability it's in space so we're going to do the space force. but not everybody's enthusiastic about that idea because the pentagon's lukewarm response is just one of a number of signs of perhaps a disconnect between trump and his military is you know she done enough explains. throughout his short political life donald trump has been taking an unequivocal stand that he is the biggest ally the u.s. military could ever wish for we salute their sacrifice or we salute the flag they fought to protect our great war for the men and women who paid the ultimate price for victory and for freedom. the women of the united states military these are our finest but just over a year into his presidency the commander in chief has been all but drifting further away from his million strong core right now the white house and the pentagon are squabbling over donald trump's initiative to create an addit

the president long wanting to see a united states space force. a new branch of the u.s. tary to focus entirely on war fighting in space. outside the earth's atmosphere. what he is talking about is taking all of the elements of u.s. military service abilities and putting them under a new branch of the military. whether that is needed or not is still a subject of debate and congress would have to approve it. but people do not dispute there is a space threat. the russians, the chinese, iranians, north koreans all working on improving their own capabilities in space. chinese, in fact, in 2007, demonstrated a missile that could shoot down a satellite in space. they shot down one of their old out of date satellites. that was a game changer. that means if you can shoot down satellites in space and shoot down an american satellite, it would affect life considerably. gps. internet. weather forecasting. that could affect commercial aviation. it would fundamentally change american life forever if american satellites were at risk from an adversary. the president believes having a new

space. though, each of the military departments, the army, navy and air force, have their own space command rigade. now the change would heavily affect the air force, but it's unclear how involved air force officials have been in the planning process. it would have to pull from the other services to create a cohesive unit. for the president willing to cut military exercises, it's not clear which branch would bear the heaviest brunt. current branchs, falling under the department of navy make up more than 80%. >>> all right. joining us now former nasa astronaut and u.s. retired navy captain scott kelly. >> good morning. walk us through this. creating a new branch of military. this is a massively expensive and bureaucratic effort, sort of the opposite of what this administration claims to be doing across the board. give us your view. >> well, it certainly sounds that way, stephanie. i think any time you add more bureaucracy to an already large bureaucra bureaucracy, it's going to cost a lot of money. the capability we're talking about is something that probably already exists in the u.s. milita

and that would be the space force. does that make sense? the space force, general. probably haven't even heard that. i'm just telling you now. >> well, right now, vice president mike pence is talking about just that. the future of the u.s. military in space, and the possibility of creating the first new branch of the military in 70 years. here's mike pence. >> and that's precisely why we're beginning the process of establishing space force as the sixth branch of our armed forces. just as in the past, when we created the air force, establishing the space force is an idea whose time has come. the space environment has fundamentally changed in the last generation. what was once peaceful and uncontested is now crowded and adversarial. today other nations are seeking to disrupt our space-based systems and challenge american supremacy in space as never before. >> but not everyone thinks it's such a great idea. more of a waste of time and money, including my next guest, deborah lee james, former secretary of the u.s. air force, under president obama. thanks for coming in. >

this space force. that's going to be great look so much is happening now it's a great defense i'm not just talking about mars and the moon i'm talking about tremendous defense capability office of capability it's in space so we're going to do the space force. not everybody is enthusiastic though about the proposed military space program the pentagon's lukewarm response to the president's plans is just one of a number of signs that there's a disconnect between trump and his military gets done if explains. throughout his short political life donald trump has been taking an unequivocal stand that he is the biggest ally the u.s. military could ever wish for we salute their sacrifice or we salute the flag they fought to protect our great war for us the men and women who paid the ultimate price for victory and for freedom. the women of the united states military these are our finest but just over a year into his presidency the commander in chief has been all but drifting further away from his million strong

russia has a space force china's space program is run by the military and the white house will include and the billion dollar funding request for their new space force in the next budget alan fischer al-jazeera. washington. seven hundred fifty people many of them children have been rescued from campsites in southern france off to floods in the southern region hundreds of firefighters and rescue is in helicopters helped evacuate tourists from five campsites a seven year old german man has been reported missing. dramatic video has emerged from switzerland of an explosive mudslide splattering mud and rocks onto the streets of a village and happened in china song and.

so he might get the logo and he might get the space force.ary general, antonio guterres, has called for an independent inquiry into an air—strike by the saudi—led coalition in yemen, which killed dozens of children. they were in a school bus which was hit in a rebel—held area. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has this report. you are likely to find much of it distressing. school bags on their backs, shock in their eyes, children who'd been heading for a day out. a yemeni child's day ends like this all too often. many in hospital beds. today — three to a bed, and many more dead. this man says an air strike in the market targeted the children's bus. "0ur shops were open", he says, "shoppers were just walking around." this was the school bus in saada, a rebel—controlled town. but the saudi—led coalition says it targeted missile launchers, taking aim at saudi cities, accusing the houthis of using children as human shields. an ugly proxy war, in a country teetering on the brink of collapse. i asked the un's envoy, what if this w