committee and the countdown to the state of the union speeches on, folks. president biden is expected to make his case for reelection after more positive news on the economy. i will get a preview from a member of the council of economic advisers. plus, we are continuing our special series on living black history with trail blazers cynthia marshall. the first black woman ceo of an nba team. i am symone with sandra townsend and i have something to say. and the balloon is out of this guy. the questions surrounding u.s. security and relations with china are still up in the air. on saturday, and f-22 fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon over the atlantic off the coast of south carolina. the balloon entered u.s. continental airspace last tuesday. china s defense department condemned the strike and denies the balloon was intended for surveillance. but a senior administration official has rejected that claim, telling nbc news this. this was a prc surveillance balloon.
career in corporate america before blazing trail s in the nba. i actually think just growing up in public housing projects, having to, and i had a good childhood, but we faced some adversity. my mother taught us it s not where you live, it s how you live. she made education a priority, put two books in my hand at an early age. a matte look in one hand, a bible in the other. she taught me to really focus. the forwards that lived by, dream, focused, pray, and act. that s what we have been doing. i have my leadership philosophy around leading people. what is that philosophy? it s the three else. i listen to the people, learn from the, people and love the, people learned to love them as people, get them we meet them where they, are i will be effective. you have been living this mantra for a while, being the first black woman ceo in the nba was not your first first. you were the first you went to usc berkeley.
of students. we have gone through three colleges and right now, i have 20 students in college, four at usc berkeley. wow. that s fantastic. the world needs more people like you especially around the christmas season. so great to have a good news story. thank you. thank you. if you d like more information about how you can get involved with values.com you can go to our web site at fox & friends and link you to the information. oral lee brown, congratulations. thank you so much. great job. as you ll see, don t have to be a billionaire to make a major difference. thanks so much. thank you. straight ahead, we change gears. new information on the murder of an american man. jet skiing on a mexican border. we ve told you this story from day one. it involves his wife. congress considering a bill packed with billions in earmarks. what cut comes from your check as a result? william in los angeles. and they re some of the cutest dogs we ve ever, ever seen but they still do n