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China launched three astronauts Saturday local time to its new space station. Included in the mission is Wang Yaping, who will become Chinas first female astronaut on the ship.

There was crab grass growing on the run ways and now theyre vital and were doing -- were going to mars. were stopping at the moon. the moon is actually a launching pad. thats why were stopping at the moon. i said, hey, weve already done the moon, thats no exciting. they said, no, sir, its a launching pad for mars. so well be doing the moon, but well really be doing mars. and were making tremendous progress. in addition, rich people like to send up rocket ships, so between bezos and elon musk and...

We have vice president pence very much involved. we have a tremendous space program. if you look at our facilities, they were virtually closed up, crab grass growing on the runways. now theyre vital. were going to mars. were stopping at the moon. the moon is actually a launching pad. thats why were stopping at the moon. i said weve already done the moon. thats not so exciting. they said, no, sir, its a launching pad for mars. well be doing the moon, but well really be doing mars and were making ...

Serious blow to a relationship that is already showing considerable strain. sarah westwood is following president trump who is spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. sarah, the president obviously has a lot at stake here. how is he reacting? we know he commented on it yesterday. any new reaction today? >> reporter: well fred, the white house is still largely staying silent on this missile-related activity in north korea. president trump here in florida today is golfing as comm...

Intelligence community the realization the one development from both meetings the president has had with kim is that its been an extraordinary success for kim in the sense that it has elevated him on the international stage and we got nothing? >> well i think, mike, its fair to say our intelligent community professionals predicted we would get nothing. if you recall dan coats testified in open session before the senate intelligence committee that north korea would not give up their wmd programs....

>> for the first time, south and north korea agreed on a specific step towards denuclearization. if it is a very meaningful achievement. >> kim pledged to allow foreign experts to observe the permanent dismantle which of launch and test sites and said he would get rid of a key nuclear production facility if the u.s. took "corresponding measures." >> prior to becoming president it looked like we were going to war with north korea and now we have a lot of progress. >> still, kim already promised p...

Un is likely sincere about denuclearizing. well have to put our conditions on the table. listen, were going to have to see the fuel sites, the storage sites, the launch facilities, the research sites. weve got to see everything and verify that and that will take months and months down the road for all of that to p happen. >> paul: the key thing, one of the he key points is if u.s. forces can stay in south korea, thats a huge concession, because thats always been one of the north koreas biggest d...

Un is likely sincere about denuclearizing. well have to put our conditions on the table. listen, were going to have to see the fuel sites, the storage sites, the launch facilities, the research sites. weve got to see everything and verify that and that will take months and months down the road for all of that to p happen. >> paul: the key thing, one of the he key points is if u.s. forces can stay in south korea, thats a huge concession, because thats always been one of the north koreas biggest d...

In detail on all the military options that are available to us from simple naval blockade to shooting down a missile being fired to eliminating launch facilities and the escalation goes on and on and on. a nuclear war would be something at the end of that process rather than something at the beginning of that process. certainly, yeah, he is very much aware of all of these options and i think he gets continuous updates almost daily updates on what is taking place. >> julie: lets not forget the wo...