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
in the forecast. here in new york city, minus seven degrees. that is not a typo. the wind chill could reach minus 100 degrees on top of mt. washington in new hampshire because of the hurricane-force winds. the arctic blast in the northeast comes after a deadly ice storm reeked havoc across the south leaving eight people dead. we ll check in on the latest forecast in a moment. first, we have our cnn affiliate reporter live on the ground in burlington, vermont. it s close to zero degrees where you are. how are officials in the area bracing for this? how bad are we expecting it to get? good morning. we re no stranger to the cold. this wind chill is really the kicker. as you said, we re teetering on zero to 1 degrees. 200 schools have been closed already. multiple ski resorts is cloeg wh closing because they love the cold. some are staying open with some lifts in and some not. but now this is severe with the wind chill. temperatures here in vermont have dropped 30 degrees since
department of education data shows 47 states have reported teacher shortages this school year, with the problem most acute in urban and rural areas. meanwhile, some state legislatures are passing laws making it easier to become a public schoolteacher. raise your hand. the national council on teacher quality says from january 2021 to january 2023, 23 states have lowered teacher qualification requirements. from lowering or removing assessment tests that determine whether teachers grasp the subject they will teach, to creating emergency teacher certificates to expedite candidates without a teaching degree in classrooms. arizona, florida, and oklahoma have created new pathways for people without a bachelor s degree to keep in classrooms. when states respond to shortages by reducing standards, by increasing salaries and improving working conditions, what they re doing is creating a vicious cycle. so they get people in who are
shows 47 stantes have reported teacher shortage this is school year with a problem most acute in urban and rural areas. meanwhile, some state legislators are passing laws making it easier to become a public schoolteacher. raise your hand. the national council on teacher equality, 23 states have lowered teacher qualification requirements. from lowering or removing assessment test that s determine whether teachers grasp the subject they will teach to creating emergency teacher s certificates to expedite candidates without a teaching degree in classrooms. arizona, oklahoma, and florida have created new path waiways f people without a bachelor s degree to teach. when they reduce standards rather than by increasing salaries and improving working conditions, what they re doing is creating a vicious cycle. they get people underprepared. they have two to three times the rates of those who have come in