teachers to walk off the job. and not even the teachers unions are immune from being struck against. 48 field employees with the national education association voted this week to authorize a strike. over at the other major teachers union, american federation of teachers president posted on x, formerly twitter, article with the headline what s behind the increase in home schooling. she says it s because of gun violence, bullying and a lack of services for special needs students. but a lot of people in the comments pointed out also because of powerful teachers unions pushing for school closures during the pandemic and pushing for progressive curriculum. so, i guess school s out for november over there in portland. sandra: oh, man, we ll be watching that. thank you. right now by the way, as we top a brand-new hour here, president biden sitting down with xi jinping the first time in a year, and a lot of catching up to go. live shot of the balloon going down. it has been