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
Show cohost matt lauer. She read a statement from andy lack saying in part on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. Lack went on to say, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years hes been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been isolated incident. And so in fewer than 35 hours after the complaint, lauer went from a National Morning show fixture to fired. His colleagues at the today show could not contain their shock. For the moment all we can say is that we are heart broken. Im heart broken for matt he is hes my dear dear friend and my partner and hes beloved by many, many people im heart broken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell. And we are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have passed these past few weeks how do you reconcile your lov
Resignation over harassing his female staffers. Marina maracco is live on the hill tonight with the latest. Reporter these resignation announcements come with within hours of each one and the latest one, congressman for arizona, treng franks stepping they will determine if he engaged in anything that constitutes Sexual Harassment in a statement that he issued tonight franks acknowledged that he made staffers uncomfortable and that he discussed fertility issues and sewer casey with two female staffers. He goes onto say i have absolutely never physically intimidated could he herselfed or attempted to have any Sexual Conduct with any member of congressional staff. I do not want to take ways that i proach ed the individuals uncomfortable. Earlier today senatorial franken took to the senate floor announcing that he will be re signing in the coming weeks. Many women have accused him from before and after. The most recent coming yesterday when a woman says he tried to forcibly kiss her back i
Convention is trying to change. Hearing from some of the top africanamerican prosecutors and sharing their insights into the Justice System an how it relates it justice inequality. Things that happens from ferguson to new york seemed it drive the discussion. And delegates were reminded that voting for the right people in their districts is needed. We should want prosecutors who call it like they see it based on the efd evidence. Also insisting that diversity is crucial and 95 of elected d. A. S are white. I think in this diand aej we have to change that because we need different perspectives p. We need women, latinos, asians all types of folks. We want the same type of justice as others. Thats all we he ask. As we mentioned, president obama will be here tomorrow addressing the convention late in the afternoon. And president bill clinton will be here on wednesday. Nbc 10 on air and on our news app, complete coverage of president obamas address of the naacp convention. Ending a controver