we re glad you are right here. let s start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time it s coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told our jim acosta and others that morm ononism is cult. you created a stir because in talking to reporters, you said in pretty strong plain language what you think of mormonism. you describe it as a cult. and you say that if a republican votes for mitt romney, they re giving credibility to a cult. to you stand fwby that comment? absolutely. that is the historic position of evangelical christianity. we have officially labelled mormonism as a couple. i think those born again followers of christ
on this sunday. from the cnn center, welcome to your cnn sunday morning. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. 5:00 a.m. in st. louis. 3:00 a.m. in berkeley. as always, a special good morning to our service men and women watching on the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with politics and with the president. he s headed out west today to washington state, has a couple of re-election fundraisers on his schedule. also has a social madia town hall on monday, he ll be talking about jobs, of course. last night he had this message during a speech to the congressional black caucus. i m going to press on for jobs. i m going to press on for equality. i m going to press on for the sake of our children. i m going press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and p
i get carlos santana, morgan freeman, ernie banks in the same room and try to get them to stop selling themselves short. documenting a terrorist takedown. those s.e.a.l.s who went in after osama bin laden had high-tech cameras. we have new details for you. welcome to this cnn sunday morning. i m t.j. holmes. as always a special good morning to our military men and women watching us on the armed forces network. thank you for being here and thank you for what you do. we need to start with what s happening in louisiana, an intentional flooding that s taking place. look at this here, one floodgate is opened now at the morganza spillway. more gates could be opened later today. the whole point is to try to relieve some pressure on the swollen mississippi river. the army corps of engineers opened the spillway potentially flooding hundreds of homes in order to protect larger cities like baton rouge and new orleans down river. listen to ed lavandera. you you can see the water gu