we are especially grateful to welcome the new leader of spacecom, general j. raymond, highly respected man within the military. joined this afternoon by his wife, molly. thank you. thank you, molly. congratulations, molly. it's great. their wonderful family and several of their friends. general raymond, congratulations. so important. i know he is going to do a fantastic job. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: the united states combatant commands were developed to join branches of our armed forces in common cause across diverse fields of battle. each of the united states' military's combatant has an area of responsibility from centcom, which oversees our mission in the middle east, to our most recent cybercom, which we established last year to protect americans from the most advanced cyber threats, and also to create very, very severe and powerful offense of threats, should we need them. the dangers to our country constantly evolve, and so must we. now, those who wish to harm the united states, to seek to challenge us, in the ultimate high ground of s

the space force will organize, train, and equip warriors to support spacecom's mission.ith today's action, we open another great chapter in the extraordinary history of the united states military. spacecom will ensure america's dominance in space is never questioned, and never threatened, because we know the best way to prevent conflict is to prepare for victory. from our nation's first days, america's military blazed the trails and crossed the frontiers, secured our nations future. no adversary on earth will ever match the awesome purge, skill, age skillesome courrage and might of american armed forces. today, we salute the heroic men and women who will serve in spacecom and keep americans horizons forever bright, and forever free. we have budgets since we came into the administration, since the election, 2016, since january 20 of 2017, we have done things with the military that few people would have thought possible. budgets of $700 billion. $716 billion. and now $738 billion. nobody would have thought that was possible, but we had them approved. by republicans and dem

the space force will organize, train and equip warriors to support spacecom's mission. with today's action, we open another great chapter in the story history of the united states military. spacecom will ensure that america's dominance in space is never questioned and never threatened because we know the best way to prevent conflict is to prepare for victory. from our nation's first days, america's military blazed the trailed and crossed the frontiers that secured our nation's future. no adversary on earth will ever match the awesome courage, skill and might of american armed forces. today we salute the heroic men and women that will serve in spacecom and keep america's horizons forever bright and for forever free. we have budgets since we came in to the administration since the election, 2016, since january 20th of 2017. we have done things with the military that few people would have thought possible. budgets of $700 billion, 716 billion and now $738 billion. nobody would have thought that that was possible. but we had them approved by republicans and democrats. that

that is the flag of spacecom as it is called, space command. that wraps up the event in the rose garden. the news came out of this, blake burman will rejoin us from the rose garden, where he has been attending this event. the news came at the top. we knew the president would make space command announcement he is ignoring shouted questions from reporters, making his way back towards the oval office. there was speculation earlier in the day as the forecast for this hurricane, hurricane dorian only got worse by the minute it seemed. by the time we come on the air there is thoughts this could be as bad as category 4 storm when it comes ashore, on the east coast of florida, if the track stays as planned. and blake, the president started with breaking news. look at latest track for the hurricane, he will stay behind and monitor things, huh? reporter: connell, when walked o the white house this morning, very first question i had for one of the folks works in the building, what will the president do about the upcoming weekend? he was scheduled to go to

spacecom will insure that america's dominance in space is never questioned, never threatened.eporter: the president, says that space force will protect the united states from threats from above. the president also protecting his reputation after two years of bashing former fbi director james comey, the president now has some backup through inspector general report. that report says that comey set a dangerous example for fbi employees in his handling of sensitive information but the justice department declining to prosecute. on twitter comey fired back asking for an apology. no apology needed for the markets today. they liked the news coming out of china. the markets seeing or hearing chinese spokespeople say current level of tariffs are sufficient. no more, going after the u.s. and tit-for-tat. the president has support from republicans and democrats over china, but trade groups are starting to balk. >> we thrive on certainty, business thrives on certainty. i tell you talking to members, continuously over the last few month, when they were planning to invest in job creation or

as the newest combatant command spacecom will defend america's vital interests in space, the next warighting domain. and i think that's pretty obvious to everybody. it's all about space. >> i mean, [ laughter ] i'm sorry, it's just like what is he talking about, like star wars? it's space. >> final frontier. >> it's the president versus the teleprompter is a common game. and that's the point. >> we could do this from here until next month of rambling, incoherent speeches by donald trump. >> and by the way it'll make the biden trump debate interesting. >> i think comparing the two isn't even fair. i mean, look, whether it is the lies that donald trump tells thousands and thousands based off of fact-checkers, whether it's rambling incoherent ones, the tweets that are full of errors and lies and mischaracterizations or racist attacks on people. you know, look, joe biden, you know, i think some of this is baked in, in terms of like he's going to make a mistake here and there. what makes him so strong i think to democratic voters is the fact that they think he can beat trump and his authen

. >> spacecom will defend america's vital interests in space, so just as we have recognized land, air, sea and cyber as vital war fighting domains, we will now treat space as an independent region overseen by a new unified geographic combatant command. the establishment of the 11th combatant command is a landmark moment. david: dean, you are also a member of the national space council's users' advisory group. let's combine these two segments. how much of what's happening in china has to do with this push towards space? >> well, with regard to the chinese military, they are very very much focused on space. not so sure that any of the trade negotiations have much to do with that. but the chinese view space as part of the information age so the same way that intellectual property is economic lifeblood, the ability to move information including via satellite, is a military prerequisite. david: i just have to follow up on that. sounds like science fiction but i heard about these satellite killers that they may be developing. any truth to that? >> well, in 2007 we saw the chinese blow one o