Here with us. Good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. Happy thursday. The time has come to establish the United States space force. That was not a scene from a movie. That was that was real. The space force is actually happening. Theyve got plans. Theyre finding money. Michael bey is on board to direct the whole thing cries president mike pence laying out details for President Trumps proposed new branch of the military, the space force, but critics say it is a waste of money and unnecessary. Plus, dozens of children are killed after a Saudiled Coalition air strike hit a bus in yemen. This morning there are calls for an investigation. First lady melania trumps
parents become u. S. Citizens, apparently benefitting from a policy President Trump has sought to end. Good morning, it is friday, august 10th. Im david gura alongside louis bergdorf. Ayman and yasmin has the morning off. The Trump Administration as nounsed i nou announced i think plan to create a space force. Vice
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. We have to keep the majority. If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away. Lets start in berkeley heights, new jersey, where the president begins his 11day working vacation. Thats where we find kelly odonnell. Good to see you. Last night giuliani said there were things that werent yet public About Mueller or potential wrongdoing and then today trump ended that tweet with stay tuned. What do you know about what we are waiting for . Reporter well, this has been an ongoing campaign, kasie, from the president s legal team to bit by bit discredit the investigation so that particularly trump voters and those in the Republican Party would give it less weight as things go forward and at the same time its also been about dragging out the really big ending game question. Will the president participate in any way submitting to an interview wit
station. but that story is by no means the biggest space-related story today. far from it, in fact. today the trump administration proudly rolled out its plan for the new space force. or as the president tweeted, space force all the way! so what is it and why do we need it? here is how the vice president explained it in the official announcement this morning. the space environment is fundamentally changed in the last generation. what was once peaceful and uncontested is now crowded and adversarial. the united states space force will strengthen our security, it will ensure our prosperity, and it will also carry american ideals into the boundless expanse of space. the vice president says the space force, which requires approval from congress, would be established as a separate branch of the armed forces by 2020. joining me now to take a closer