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Power in state elections. >> shannon: the white house watching closely. thank you. new developments on the plan for what could be a huge and expensive expansion of the pentagon's powerless possibility. kristin fisher joins us. >> we are talking about a major reorganization of the u.s. military. the trump administration wants to create an entirely new branch for the first time since the air force was established in 1947. back then, dominance in the air during world war ii. now the president said space is how the battles of the future will be won and lost. >> it's time to write the next great ch...

President's power in state elections. shannon: new development on donald trump's plans for what could be a huge and expensive expansion of the pentagon's power and responsibility. kristin fisher joins us. >> reporter: this is a major reorganization of the us military, the trump administration wants to create a new branch for the first time since the air force was established. back then dominance in the air was a game changer in world war ii. now dominance in space is how battles of the future will be won and loss. >> time for the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepar...

Police believe his father kidnapped him in georgia and brought him to new mexico for an exorcism. he is under arrest for child abuse with four other adults believed to be muslim extremists. police believe they were training those kids to become school shooters. >> we are going to have the air force and we are going to have the space force. jillian: boldly going where no administration has gone before, plans for a space force now revealed. rob: what can we expect from this do military branch and will congress approved it? kristin fisher has more. >> the time has come to write the next great cha...

Out details at the pentagon promising the space force would be established by 2020. adding that this was about american dominance in space. >> this 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 and ensure our prosperity. and it will also carry american ideals. into the expanse of space. >> after the announcement the reelection campaign solicited donations from supporters and asked them to vote on a logo for the space force. priorities. astronaut...

On. i thank you for earning you've done for this country. but on this space force idea, i know you're a critic, how big of a critic are you? >> i don't know a lot about the president's motivation for this. there doesn't seem to be a lot of support out there. and being someone who has 20 years in the military, and nasa, i don't think there's a need for a sixth branch of the military. >> do we need a space command? >> we had a sixth branch of the military and it was put back. it was a space environment that we're supposed to work through heatedly. >> you heard from the vice president, peaceful o...