thank you. [applause] neil: you re watching the president of the united states right now. he s launching his long-promised space force. it will act as an adjunct to some of the armed services. this will be like a sixth branch of military, a military focus on space because the russians and the chinese are doing just that. one of the things that has raised a lot of concerns is that there will be a militarization of space. but it s already going on with what the russians are planning and the chinese are planning. we re following that very much here. we re monitoring these developments and continue to monitor on the south lawn and the rose garden. i do want to take a quick peek at the corner of wall and broad. we had some calm in the trade storm today. that had the dow up a little bit on hope that maybe trade talks ensue and the chinese won t
still lacks senior leadership. i think the problem is not to commend him or not but to take a look at the chaos that exists within this administration. take a look at the fact that the entire leadership that the department of defense is turning over. reporter: sources say trump is expecting to name mark esper as defense secretary. just days after his initial choice patrick shanahan decided to withdraw. sources tell cnn that president trump is moving away from a military focus and moak coverage more on sanctions which the administration thinks is working putting pressure on iran. but the president tells nbc news it s not going down that route and would cause obliteration like iran has never seen before. the tough talk is back for now. but president trump reiterated he wanted to bring iran back to the negotiating table. abby philip, cnn, the white house. for the pentagon, it s one
amid increased tensions with iran more us troops are headed to the middle east. administration decides to make emergency arms sales to saudi arabia. fox team coverage, richardson at the state department where officials share newly declassified intelligence exclusively with fox news. david fund accept the trump administration s new military focus across the globe. the president is on his way to japan and flying there and there are several major stories with regards to the military, the us, japan and the middle east. air force one made a refueling stop in alaska. donald trump met briefly with troops and families on the base. he didn t spend much time as he has quite an agenda. the president will make history by visiting new japanese emperor naruhito. what makes the significant is
troops are headed to the middle east and the administration decides to make emergency arms sales prayed we have fox team coverage at the state departmen where they shared newly declassified exclusively with fox news, but first correspondent takes a look at the trump administration new military focus across the globe. the president is in the air right now on his way to japan and he is flying there and ther are several major stories developing with regards to the military in the us-japan in the middle east. air force one made a refueling stop in alaska at joint base elmendorf. president trump made briefly with families on the basey didn t spend too much time ther as he has quite an agenda ahead of him in japan. he will make some history by visiting new japanese he will also tour being converted into an aircraft carrier prayed what makes this significant is that carrier would carry american f
tensions between both countries over trade. now the director of the margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation, wait to see you, let s get to it. what to make of this latest report on china s military focus? well, i would say this really is a wake-up call, actually. this is a very detailed assessment of the overall military threat that china poses and without a doubt, china is emerging as a major threat to the united states and its allies. they are ramping up the military, basically practicing for long-range military strikes in the pacific we are dealing here with a rising superpower. it has ambitions to match the united states. in terms of overall military capability by the middle of the century. it is already investing hundred $90 billion a year in defense spending. that will increase the next decade or so to about 250