following new details about that chinese spy balloon traveling across the country. new video into the cnn newsroom showing the balloon now hovering over asheville, and charlotte, north carolina in the last hour. and it could make it out to sea at any moment. the balloon was first spotted over montana on wednesday. china claims it s a civilian research vessel that blew offcourse, but the u.s. isn t buying that, calling the balloon s flight over u.s. soil an irresponsible act. secretary of state antony blinken postponing a planned trip to beijing in response. cnn s oren liebermann is at pentagon for us. oren, officials say the balloon doesn t currently seem to present a threat, but why is the pentagon also preceding with caution on it? reporter: so the pentagon has said for now that it will not be shooting this down, because of the risks from two different perspectives, first there s the risk to what s below, blow something up at 60,000 feet and that could be scattered over q
pass a $1.7 trillion spending bill. that s trillion with a t, folks. republicans calling it a terrible christmas gift for americans already feeling the pain from high inflation. listen. we re two days away from christmas. the christmas season is a season of giving. but in congress, it appears the season of giving will line the pockets of democrats special interests and stick the hard-working americans with the tab. in moments, new york republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis. but first to senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill where all of the action is happening today. chad? anita, the house and senate are now aligned on the omnibus. the vote 225 to 201. one democratic nay. alexandria ocasio-cortez. nine gop yays. most gop members railed against the bill as republicans claims the majority on january 3. in 11 days, this all changes. we re going to reclaim this body s integrity and service the american people. after this in
cast in the 2024 primary season. two days from iowa caucuses special coverage on fox news channel live from iowa noon eastern with america s newsroom posted by dana perino and then at 2:00, shannon breen and des moines for fox news sunday followed by the story with martha maccallum at 3:00 in your world with neil cavuto at 1:00 from iowa the special edition of fox report at 5:00 to 6:00 pit therefore special report and 7:00 o clock p.m. eastern, i ll be in iowa along with aishah hasnie, charlie hurt, guide been sent for the big weekend show . bundle up, good luck. stay warm. we ll see you back here tomorrow 7:00 o clock eastern time for the big weekend show . hello eric i am mark levin and
thinking he s leaning more towards getting in or less? we always tried to read the joe manchin tea leaves for quick they are tough to read with all asked the question so many times while quite with him being in new hampshire he loves the spotlight even more than most u.s. senators which is saying something it s whether he s trying to state relevant now that is not running for senate or not he kept saying we will know something by super tuesday for a lot of people squint over by them. bret: we will see, thank you so much a bundle up. cap next look at the fox news caucus headquarters right here we are working during the cold and snowy des moines. mom! mom!
des moines area. keep in mind, this is expected to be the coldest caucus in recorded history. it s going to be brutal out here. you heard that forecast, temperatures dipping into the negative 30 s when the wind chill is factored in. trump still obviously the clear front runner, but telling his supporters do not get complacent. do not get complacent with the big lead. iowans we have been talking to say they ll be out here no matter what the weather is. take a listen. i m pretty loyal to trump, i ll go through a blizzard like yesterday to vote. probably more the cold deterrent. bundle up, once you get there, you re inside and a matter of walking from your car to the door. it would take a lot for us not to go. i think we ll go. i think it s going to depend how passionate they re out. no matter what the weather is doing, i ll be here to caucus. as for florida governor ron desantis, he says after the iowa caucuses are over he ll