how always opposed to imagine what space command is is preparing for all xandra are we talking about space ships in. the battle with each other i mean what is the white house in vision. well at the moment we are talking about satellites the u.s. nation's reliance on. difficult to protect satellites that provide. intelligence and sniff again that provide communications and their capabilities that are vital to the military and the you ask economy and the u.s. is accusing nations such as russia and china for example accusing them that they are trying to develop new weapons anti-satellite weapons and laser weapons and other offensive capabilities to disrupt and destroy you asked such a light so therefore the white house says it's very important now to focus on deterrence and fans and space and what about alexander we know the. kids that he's known for saying in the sixty's we want to put a a man on the moon in that decade because of what the soviets were doing now in china is in outer space is that a motive for trying to push ahead with space command in space for. yes i think that you're

he space here is still supporting him or john or thank you very much are washing of your chief of xandra from norman there in cincinnati ohio. now to bangkok where ball blasts 3 sites in the thai capital have left at least 4 people injured the 1st explosions took place during rush hour in central bangkok 2 more blasts were reported at a government complex on the city outskirts thailand's prime minister has ordered an investigation the bombings and is currently hosting a regional security meeting with top diplomats from the u.s. china and other world powers. our correspondent florian nourish is in bangkok enjoying just florian what more can you tell us about this attack. well there's not that much that we know that is confirmed information what we do know is that there have actually been 6 blasts at 3 different locations and 4 people have been slightly injured so i'm standing in front of one of those locations behind me you can see them on the con tower which is the tallest building in bangkok and just at the foot of this tower 2 explosives have been found i have seen on social media a li