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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 ....
as high as commercial aircraft but lower than surveillance satellites. the size of three buses. two flights were diverted for safety. military leaders considered but ultimately decided against wthe president s decision to shoot it down. but the idea that was under conversation shows how seriously u.s. officials and the president were taking the idea of a chinese spy balloon floating over the u.s. you mentioned what it was flying over. right. montana. the air base, has icbms there. something that china would naturally be interested in taking a closer look at. it happened before? it happened over u.s. territory before. here is something i want to note in terms of surveillance capabilities. this was not a big jump in what china is able to do. why? because china is flying spy satellites over the u.s. after 90 minutes as they orbit the earth and they have at least equal surveillance capabilities. they are highly advanced. in terms of what china could gather from this ....
Satellites over the u.s. after 90 minutes as they orbit the earth and they have at least equal surveillance capabilities. they are highly advanced. in terms of what china could gather from this balloon, not an enormous step forward. and we should note this. this is something to be concerned about, is that china is one of the most active in terms of launching new satellites. just look at the growth going back six single digits in the 2000s, now up close to 100 per year. the only other country competing with that is the u.s. when you add it up in terms of satellites, china is second to the u.s. in terms of what they have floating above there right now. all looking down at the u.s. gathering intelligence all the time. i spoke to u.s. officials last night. this is note a big gain in terms of surveillance but it is in terms of audacity to fly a slow-moving sushz balloon over the coulntinental u.s. and know that the u.s., the president, you and i could see it as it s ....
With us. a chinese spy balloon is hovering evover the united stat high above montana where the u.s. military has a u.s. nuclear siel le. the pentagon says it does not pose a military or physical threat. we are told the balloon is the size of three buses. a senior defense official says president biden has been advised to not shoot it down because the falling debris could hurt people on the ground. the discovery is rattling capitol hill. we are learning that staff members for the gang of eight are have received a briefing. joining us is our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. good morning. wow. listen, slow moving chinese surveillance balloon floating over the continental u.s. is disturbing. last night it hadn t left u.s. airspace. so far, first of all, this is an image from the ground. it was visible with the naked eye, flying 65,000 feet, twice ....