a good saturday morning to you. it is saturday, february 4th, you re live in the cnn newsroom, thanks for joining us so much for sharing part of your saturday morning with us. we begin with an eye toward the sky. we re getting new reports about the location of that chinese spy balloon that has been drifting across the country. according to reports, it has been spotted over north carolina an officials say it could move off the east coast and out over the ocean in a matter of hours. and as you would imagine, the balloon is raising national security concerns, and it is adding to the tension between washington and beijing. it was people on the ground in montana who spotted the balloon as it passed overhead. that thing is not the moon. the moon is right there. this thing is so weird. it is definitely moving. the context and the timing of this are really important. the secretary of state antony blinken called it an irresponsible act by china. keep in mind, this comes just day
charges, against that police officer as well. and then you go to, from the police department, now to the fire department, because so many people arrived on scene, and now there s these allegations of wrong doing. two emts fired last week, and now, we know that their licenses have been suspended. why is that? because there s the claim that they spent 19 minutes, despite the patient exhibiting clear signs of distress, so they did not render aid. and amara, this is important because they can t just go to the next county or the next city over, and get a job as an emt. but none of this would be happening if it wasn t for the family of tyre nichols and local activists that would have been pushing and pushing for weeks demanding justice, demanding they see videos, and that s why we are where we are today. absolutely. and it will be interesting to see if criminal charges indeed follow as you mentioned, those are just police policy violations. thank you so much. a new jersey community is in
already deceased. now police have not held a press conference, prosecutors office has not held a press conference, there are now updated press releases at all, but i spoke with the business administrator for sarville borough which is where eunice was a still member and says that law enforcement have many, many tips at this point, and they are pouring over what they have at this point but he also added that everyone in their community is hoping that sooner or later, that this will be solved. boris? amara? thank you very much. coming up, a lack of teachers in the classroom, how shortages across the country are leading some districts to cancel class and what is being done to fix the problem. helping them achieve financial freedom.m. we re investiting for our cliens in the projects that power our economy.
before we get those temperatures back to a little bit closer to what they should be this time of the year. it feels like minus 24 in portland, minus 22 in burlington. boston is also minus 22. even providence feeling like it is minus 18. we talked about the short nature though and that s the good thing, by the time we get to tomorrow, temperatures not only rebounding, but actually getting to be above average for a change. so quite the rollercoaster of temperatures in the next 24 hours. boston going from a high temperature of only 18 today, to 48 tomorrow. which is actually 10 degrees above where they normally would be this time of the year. portland, burlington, new york, even buffalo, all of those locations, boris and amara, also above average tomorrow. quite the swing, we hope everybody stays safe, and of course, they keep their pets safe as well. thank you very much for the update. still ahead, we have new developments to share with you in the tyre nichols case. why another offic
across the region. perhaps other times of expiration. and so officials are still warning folks to continue to heed the usual precautions. stay inside if you can, layer up if you go outside, and check on your neighbors, and also keep your pets inside. this is going to be ending in the next, the coldest part, in the next several hours. all right, boris? a little bit of good news. check on your neighbors and check on your pets. athena jones, thank you very much. let s turn it now over to gloria in new york. we know the city has a major homeless population. and they re focused on making sure there s enough shelter to meet demand. reporter: that s right, amara, boris, the city has been dealing with a near record number of homeless people in the last year. 67,000 people are sleeping on homeless shelters every night, according to the most recent estimate, which is from november, that includes more than 21,000 children, but one of the biggest concerns today, and