to today. we begin with 0,000-foa sixty ts foot in the sky balloon that s flying over the continentale. wa us somewhere where at this momentt this we re not exactly sure. it is a massive chinese spy balloon the size of, say,, hove three school buses.rir iout has been hovering overml our country for days. and why hasn td we our governmee told we, the people about this ,the self-proclaimed most transparent administration itras history? china says it s a weather balloon. i don t believe anyone here believe them can say it louder.l now. all right. they re saying accidentally that he s flying over america s critical military infrastructure. now it sy happening in multiple states . a lying communist spokesperson nameisd mao told us to calm dow, quote, any deliberateside speculation or hyping uperin will not help the chinese side n is gathering the facts and hopes all sides will handle this matter matter in a coolhes manner. how about we don t need lectures from the communist
hovering over montana. there is a mystery out there. i m bill hemmer. i love your red. you got to pin on. dana: way to represent. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. the communist eye in the sky. the ball on does not pose a threat moving well above air traffic commercial air traffic. officials are advising the president not to shoot it down over concerns that falling debris from this balloon could hurt people on the ground. bill: the balloon entered u.s. airspace a couple of days ago and flew east into montana. not clear what it was doing there. the state is home to 1 of 3 u.s. air force bases with intercontinental ballistic missiles. dana: discovery days before blinken is set to visit beijing. china said it is looking into the balloon but general jack keane says he is not buying that. what we do know is they ve done this before. we know it s a spy balloon. it is going to depart at some time. we don t want this to happen again. shoot it down on the way home
pastor jefferss, you created a bit of a stir coming out of that speech. in talking to reporters, you said in strong, plain language what you think of mormonism. you described it as a cult and you said if a republican votes for mitt romney, they re giving some credibility to a cult. you stand by that comment? absolutely. that s not a fanatical comment. that s been a historic position of southern christian ee advantage gelky. i think mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those r of us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. what do you say to those voters out there who say that religion as mormonism shouldn t be an issue in this campaign? i agree he s just as american as anyone else. and mormons say they re christian. they believe in jesus christ. but they do not believe historical christianity. and i, again, please that we have a duty to select christians as our leaders.
for mitt romney, they re giving some credibility to a cult. you stand by that comment? absolutely. that s not a fanatical comment. that s been a historic position of southern christian ee advantage gelky. i think mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those r of us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. what do you say to those voters out there who say that religion as mormonism shouldn t be an issue in this campaign? i agree he s just as american as anyone else. and mormons say they re christian. they believe in jesus christ. but they do not believe historical christianity. and i, again, please that we have a duty to select christians as our leaders. that s what john jay, the first supreme court justice said and i think between a rick perry and a mitt romney, i believe evangelicals need to go with rick perry. and jim is there at the value voters summit. let s start wi
and their message is spreading. it is week three of the occupy wall street propest and the group is gaining momentum. demonstrations started on september 17th in new york city. new offshoots are popping up in boston, chicago, denver and seattle. their signs and slogans make it clear they oppose everything from bank foreclosures and job shortages to corporate influence and greed. now several labor unions are endorsing the occupy wall street movement and plan to join protesters today. we go live to wall street. susan, what s the latest on the unions getting involved? have you seen any union members there? reporter: yes, some of them are showing up here randi at this public park. this park population has been steadily growing as the morning goes on. and they expect upwards of they re saying tens of thousands of people. of course, they have made many predictions in the past about how quickly and how many people will show up at various marches. this one they insist will be dif