good morning, america. it's our second hour. i spy. the pentagon tracking that chinese balloon. making its way across the country. the state department postponing a high-stakes trip to china. what we know about where the balloon could go next and the calls to shoot it down. the northeast bracing for a record-setting bitter blast. 25 million waking up to subzero windchills, temperatures plummeting to a record 108 below, knocking out power. threatening to derail train travel. how long will the deep freeze last? our weather team is tracking it all. rom-com cringe. the star-studded streamer "you people." >> but you're not getting five stars.

>> why some critics are taking aim at the comedy's culture clash plot. black history in the making. from next sunday's first super bowl duel between two black quarterbacks to queen bey ready to rule the grammy awards tomorrow night. could this be the year she takes home the hardware for album of the year? ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ as we say, good morning, america. ♪ you won't break my soul you won't break my soul ♪ good morning, america. we have so much to get to ahead in our second hour here including the author of the february "gma" book club pick, eleanor shearer. she is here live opening up about her debut novel, "river sing me home," which just hit bookshelves. it's being called a celebration of motherhood and female resilience. i've been carrying it around in my bag reading it. almost done with it. looking forward to that. >> looking forward to talking to

her. also, we are following the latest on that suspected chinese spy balloon making its way across the u.s. the incident raising tensions leading the secretary of state to postpone his high-stakes trip to china. >> and now the pentagon is in talks over a potential plan to shoot it down out of the sky with only a small window of time to make that happen. let's go back to abc's white house correspondent maryalice arks on the north lawn with the very latest. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. yes, secretary of state antony blinken postponing that trip to china saying now would just not be the time to go with this surveillance balloon hovering. he said that he told the chinese yesterday the surveillance balloon in u.s. airspace is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law. the chinese responded overnight about the trip being canceled saying they respect that. now, we know this chinese balloon is on the move. u.s. military leaders say that it's moved well past montana, sailed over midwest states and is now headed towards north carolina. the balloon is flying at about 60,000 feet so that's above commercial aircraft.

but pilots have spotted it. and yesterday the pentagon said they're tracking a second chinese balloon over south america too. now, as for those calls to shoot it down, the pentagon and the white house have said that they were worried about debris over the country with somethig so large. but now we're learning that there could be this plan to potentially wait till it's out over sea, over u.s. waters and bring it down there. eva. >> maryalice parks, thank you. now to that bitter blast, 25 million americans facing brutal windchills as a dangerous deep freeze sets across the u.s. northeast. abc's victor oquendo is in boston where a cold emergency is in place. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, eva. the worst of it is definitely here. this cold is brutal and the wind is only making it worse. take a look behind me. that is ice fog being whipped around on boston harbor. it's a pretty rare sight here and it's tough to imagine but it is even colder to our north. windchills overnight approaching 60 below in spots like new

hampshire, vermont and maine. this arctic blast also turning deadly. outside springfield, massachusetts, as winds gusted above 50 miles per hour a tree crashed onto a car tragically killing a 6-month-old girl inside. the woman driving was rushed to the hospital. those powerful wind gusts also helped knock out power to about 28,000 customers throughout the northeast. that means there are a lot of homes likely without heat in these frigid conditions. now, we're still under a cold emergency here in boston. hypothermia and frostbite are very real dangers. the good news, though, is that this cold isn't here for long. we will be warming up by tomorrow. until then i'm going to go back inside. janai. >> oh, we saw it's about a 72-degree difference between boston and miami, victor, so please stay safe and warm there. thank you. turning now to the future of remote work, as more and more employers mandate workers return to the office. abc's alexis christoforous has that story for us.

>> reporter: more employers rolling back their pandemic-era work policies confident they can attract employees without the promise of working from home. >> we're seeing employers not feel as compelled to have to offer that flexibility. they don't have to compete as hard for talent. >> reporter: at the start of the pndemic one in five jobs were remote. now more companies are calling workers back to the office including google, starbucks, goldman sachs, tiktok and abc's parent company, disney. in december remote jobs made up a little over 13% of all postings advertised on the professional social networking platform linkedin down from nearly 21% in march. still, demand for remote work is high. attracting more than half of all job applications on the site. lauren mcintyre is one of them. she's been looking for remote work as a personal assistant since late last year. >> it definitely is a bit more scarce right now looking for remote work.

i would say that a lot of the options are at best hybrid. >> reporter: she said working from home allows her to care for her 15-month-old daughter. >> we did the math and if i were to put my daughter in day care, it would cancel out whatever income i'd be getting for that day. >> reporter: remote work all but drying up in industries like education, transportation and leisure and hospitality. still, experts say remote jobs are here to stay. >> you can't put the genie back in the bottle. there will always be the option for employers to offer remote for the talent they really want to retain. >> reporter: and if you're looking for remote work experts say be sure to let any potential employer know you're a self-starter and good communicator to ease their concerns about you being productive and be prepared to take a pay cut in exchange for all the cost savings you'll enjoy while working from home. guys. >> all right, thanks, alexis. coming up in our "gma morning menu," the rom-com "you people" is sizzling on

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>> but you're not getting five stars. >> reporter: the film from kenya barris and jonah hill stars hill alongside laura london in a opposites attract rom-com debuting at number one at netflix with almost immediate criticism that barris says he anticipated. >> i know some of the jokes are funny. drake's baby looks like kenya p. >> reporter: "you people" was dismissed by black twitter early on as yet another manifestation of barris's obsession with his mixed race heritage. >> for me that is the criticism that i truthfully understand it and i think that you take the good with the bad. >> reporter: "harper's bazaar" says the duo's on-screen pairing is all about a soul connection and the film sparking debate over the portrayal of the hill's character ezra and his liberal jewish parents played by heavy hitters julia louis-dreyfus and david duchovny and race

relations faux pas between london's character and her black muslim parents played by the legendary eddie murphy and nia long. >> netflix was really supportive about sort of being honest, being -- who had it worse was in the script, and they were supportive. >> it just felt good to see those very real feelings and awkwardness brought to the screen and obviously humor allows you to tiptoe towards those subjects and to get into them. why do you think that's so effective? >> i don't know. i used to always say comedy is like medicine with a little sugar. >> reporter: "salon" saying ezra and amina may get married, but this movie spends a lot of time letting us know why they shouldn't work. in the defense of the film, "the guardian" says as idle entertainment "you people" does the job of providing a fun escape. why is that so hard to buy? i've talked to a lot of people about this movie who are excited to see it.

it's been so popular on netflix. it has been interesting just to see the criticism around it, but i did enjoy talking to kenya barris. >> certainly an interesting conversation too. we do want to turn to the gridiron and the history-making duel. for the first time ever the big game will be led by two black starting quarterbacks, of course, that's jalen hurts and patrick mahomes, and joining us now with more on the significance of this moment is espn's senior nfl writer and author of "rise of the black quarterback: what it means for america," jason reid is here. jason, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> it's amazing. i was looking back at this, it's been 35 years since the first black quarterback was in the super bowl. it's amazing to think that -- it's not that long ago so how significant is it to have two black quarterbacks facing off for the first time. >> any time a barrier falls, any time a hurdle is cleared, it is significant and, you know, to have two in this game for the first time, it had been such a long time in the league waiting for this to happen, waiting to

get to this point where, you know, there will be two superstar black quarterbacks leading these teams so it's a moment in history, you know, you stop talking about it after the barrier falls, well, the barrier has now fallen. >> it's interesting, because you said two star quarterbacks, because, you know, only 25% of starting quarterbacks are black in a league where nearly 60% of all players are black. tell us about the history behind those numbers and why you wrote the book "the rise of the black quarterback." >> historically black men who aspired to play in the nfl were the most marginalized group. now they are the most celebrated with massive endorsement deals and when you look at the moment we're in right now so many of these guys, when they tried to come to the league to play quarterback, they got shifted to different positions to wide receiver, to defensive backs, so that's why we're where we're at with the numbers right in the league today. >> let's look ahead to the super bowl, right? mahomes is one of only three black quarterbacks to ever get a

super bowl ring. if he gets a second one, he'll be the first to have two. e ve j e ys a n jt o the best young quarterbacks or two of the best black quarterbacks but they are two of what they do with mahomes who is probably going to win a second mvp award this year. hurts will finish high in the voting. i expect to see a fabulous game. >> they are literally changing the game. teams like defenses are changing their schemes to adapt to this style of play. >> absolutely. because, you know, not only are they great quarterbacks in terms of the traditional things with passing, these guys also have the ability to do things with their legs and, you know, they're not all the same. patrick mahomes is more of a classic dropback guy. jalen hurts, he's proven that he can pass the ball but he can run it as well. these defenses have to account for this and have to adjust.

>> i have a question, jason, i haven't heard how much time we have. i think it's interesting. you talk about patrick mahomes. he is obviously biracial. why when we talk about someone like patrick mahomes are we still saying black history. i'm just wondering because i'm sure there are people at home wondering that question. >> yeah, you know, i've gotten a lot of this on twitter. first of all, patrick mahomes identifies as being a black quarterback. his father is black. he was a pitcher in major league baseball for many years and his mom is white. i love what he says about it. he is a black quarterback but his mom is white and he also identifies with that part of his heritage as well. but i mean traditionally in america, you know, there was one drop rule, if anybody had one drop of black blood, the people who made the rule said, well, you're black. so that's why we still look at it this way. i think it's important to note patrick mahomes does identify as being a black quarterback. >> so much history to this and the game is going to be amazing to watch. thank you so much. we appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. let's go ahead and get another check of the weather and back to danielle breezy out in nashville for that. danielle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yes, it is cold here but it's really cold in the northeast.

take a look at this. i want to show you some of the new records we set in the northeast. boston set a record low of 10 below zero, that is the coldest low temperature since 1957. wow. providence, 9 below zero, bridgeport, connecticut, 4 below zero, new york city, jfk, around 4 degrees. now you factor in the wind, it makes it feel colder than it is. 11 states are under windchill alerts and it feels like 30 below zero in boston. you can get frostbite in just five minutes or less, so that is not good. nw, there is good news coming, though. we are going to see a good thaw as we head into tomorrow. a lot of folks in the 40s and 50s even by monday. that's a look at what's happening around the country. here's w frances: good saturday morning. for all of the lunar festivities, grab a jacket and umbrella because a level 1 storm is arriving this afternoon. rain could be heavy at times.

there will be gusty winds, and even a chance of thunder. today's highs will be in the 50's and 60's. and rain will turn into showers tomorrow. dry monday through friday. now to one of the most anticipated books of 2023 and the newly announced february "gma" book club pick, "river sing me home." it's the debut novel from eleanor shearer who joins us here on "gma" on this saturday morning. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we just announced "river sing me home" as our monthly pick earlier this week. so many of the readers are already enjoying it. it's about a mother's remarkable journey to find her children in the aftermath of slavery. you said this was inspired by your own family. how so? >> yeah, so firstly, this woman rachel who is looking for her children in order to get into the mind of this mother and the fierce love that motivates her i was really drawing on the wonderful black women in my own life like my mother, aunt and

grandmother and thinking how they faced so much in terms of racism and come out with certain qualities like a cautiousness and a watchfulness but also they had so much hope and love still to give and they weren't defined by these experiences but this is a novel about family separation and then also the possibility of reconnection and i come from an immigrant background. my grandparents came to the uk from the caribbean in 1957. when they came they lost touch with all their family out there. my granddad never really spoke to his family in barbados again. still to this day we don't really know why he did that. in the last few years me and my mom and family have been able to rebuild some of those things in the caribbean and it's been so special. that theme of what it means to find your family again was also very personal to me because of that experience. >> what an extraordinary story there. i do want to talk about this. some of our viewers know this. "gma" book club partners with the little free library to give out free copies of our book club

picks all across the u.s. and canada, and one of our library stewards is megan, a mom from north carolina, and she already gave "river sing me home" a five-star review and she has a question for you. so let's take a look. >> hi, eleanor. after reading your book and learning about your family history, i am wondering what emotions came up for you as you wrote it? did having a personal connection to the story make it easier or harder for you? >> i think that's such a great question. i mean, the personal connection, obviously the pain that's there in that history i know that i am the descendant of people like rachel that would have been enslaved. i think it made me deliberate about which part of history i wanted to focus on in this book. i like to say it's not a book about slavely. it's a book about what comes after it and wanting to find that period where people were able to make freedom for themselves and showing that there was hope and joy and love still even in this dark period of history and i think in particular one thing that really stuck with me is i was once talking to someone in st. lucia. that where's my grandmother is from.

he said this thing that was so moving, on the history of slavery and how it's remembered. we shouldn't be ashamed it happened. ahi that personal we survived connection for me, that sense of pride and wanting to show the full range of ways in which people were able to make lives for themselves, that was the dominant emotion even though in some ways facing the difficult aspects of the past were painful as well. >> that's so interesting and that was such a great question and i love getting to hear this from you because we're sitting down later this week to talk about the book. i'm almost done with it and so it's so interesting to hear about your personal ties so i will be asking you about this in a couple of days, but if "river sing me home" were ever to head to the big screen, who would be your dream cast? >> gosh, i think it's such an exciting time to be thinking about that kind of question because i don't know if you guys have seen "the woman king." i think there's just so many exciting kind of -- for the first time we're seeing these black led productions and so much exciting talent coming through, so i'd have to say i'm

a huge fan of naomie harris who is the british/jamaican actress in james bond and i think she would be an amazing person to have in any production. letitia wright as well, her family is from guyana, which is one of the settings in the novel, and having that connection there. boyegahe such an exciting young talent. >> this is something that you have thought through. >> yes. >> hollywood's listening right now. >> all right, eleanor, thank you so much for being here with us and you can continue reading along with us @gmabookclub. "river sing me home" is out now. we'll have more with eleanor later this month on "gma." so stick around for that. well, coming up, we are celebrating black history month with the best in binge-watching. we'll be right back. ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ ♪ you won't break my soul ♪

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and center, but the first one was snubbed at the oscars. >> i feel like it was. "the woman king." i feel like it was. i'm telling you, i got up and down and out of my seat a bunch of times doing all the moves. you know, i was very into the story and thought the acting was incredible and there's a little synergy between "the woman king" and also the next big blockbuster that i also want to talk about, which is "black panther: wakanda forever," okay, so if you notice in "the woman king" -- i don't want to give away any of the story -- it's about an all woman army, and that same army is the inspiration for the army in "black panther 2" and that movie also they did an amazing job celebrating the life of chadwick boseman, and i cried, but i very much enjoyed it, and i very much hope that angela bassett walks away with an oscar for that one too. >> so you cried. you threw jabs, you did all the things watching movies. >> i do. that is me. i feel like there should be a camera. if i do go, i'm very -- i feel like as a crowd we're one big happy family.

but both of those definitely favorites, have to watch. >> next for some '90s nost you have three pict ver t gun >> yes, okay, eeke a his ming like, i remember that.well,nde' movies, you got to get back into the movies. "cinderella," brandy as cinderella, our first black cinderella. you know, whitney houston, hearing -- just seeing whitney again and being able to hear her and hear her music, you know, the casting in this is very diverse and also very incredible and that is a hands down one of my favorites. if you want some nostalgia, you definitely need to go back and binge that. i have to say this, "good burger." home of the good burger. >> can i take your order? >> can i take your order? it's like ingrained in my head. this movie to me represents everything about '90s nostalgia and i'm hearing that there also

may be a "good burger 2." >> i have not seen this. >> you have not see this movie -- >> oh, eva. >> you have to watch it. this is like a classic of classics. >> orange soda. >> yes. you have -- we can't -- >> at this stage of my life. >> just because this was such a big movie and big part of my childhood, last year kenan did say that there could be a part two and i'm here for it. i would love it. i would love that. >> i think a lot of people would be on board with that as well. >> yes, now if we do a little bit more grown classic movies, "juice," i am a deejay, so "juice's" another one of my favorites. there is a deejay scene in the movie, and any time i seen deejays represented in movies, yes, get it. oh, there he is, there he is. any time i see deejays represented in movies, you know, i just love it. this is definitely a classic hip-hop film for sure. >> i love you called it grown. >> yeah. >> for the grown folk.

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it's so fun to wake up with you today. >> on a saturday, right. >> i was watching you on the tube. >> yeah, exactly. this isn't your first children's book. you've had a bunch of these. they're all incredible and you said that your son is actually your muse in a lot of them but this time you said you got some of the inspiration from a different passion of yours. >> this was the first time that it was not from a question he asked. i actually have been fascinated randomly with the human genome project for several years. the first phase was 13 years, they had thousands of researchers from around the t lly ma und wath we're t 0% at us unique that creates our blood type or our eye color or our skin color. >> science, this is a very complex subject. how do you make it simple so little people can understand it and big people too? >> well, you know, thanks to just a 20-mnute phone conversation with my friend michael tyler i was saying it is such a complex topic. how do we make it so that the

youngest among us can understand it because i think it's so important for kids to kind of get this planted in there early to try to kind of eradicate all the isms. to realize that this is the thing that makes me shine dot or one of a kind dot and in that conversation he said why don't you do it in dots because there are more than 3.1 billion molecules in our dna and i thought, aha, that was the moment. if we do it as far as dots, everybody can undersand that. >> you just said that so fast but the me, my, mine dot. i love that idea. ayden is what, 8, 9 years old? >> 8. >> what did he say about it? >> is this true? you know, then he was like, oh, this is cool. so it's fun because i think the kids can grasp. it's not -- i was never a science person. that's why i became a journalist. i could not do numbers and all that so it's a very gentle introduction to science and i've talked about this theme before as far as loving yourself, loving others, loving your -- what makes you unique

but i feel like sometimes people don't get it. this actually has the numbers, the science to back it up. you cannot dispute this empirical data we're 99.9% alike. >> that's so great, and it's just we can celebrate all of our similarities. it's a reminder of that especially for young children. speaking of kids, you know, as we all know, we all have young kids and they say the darnedest things and ask these questions, these hard-hitting questions. i know your inspiration a lot it came from him hence this other book "how high is heaven" deals with a major topic when it comes to grief and loss. what is he asking you about here? >> yeah, so my son came home from preschool at a time and said why does santina has two grandmas and two grandpas and i have just one of each? i started telling him about it. i said they're in heaven. he said, well, i wanted to see them. i want to go to heaven to see them so that question inspired,

i was like, you know what, i got to write a book about this. >> ayden has those hard-hitting questions just like his mom. >> i love that you have written a science book that makes people not afraid of it. >> we knew you were going to love that. linsey, how do you have time for all of this? you are so busy but it is incredible and so inspiring? >> i think we make time for the things that are most important for us so i actually need to make sleeping more of a priority. but i do, you know, i'm just so enthusiastic and energetic. i went to a school the other day and like three of the girls just came up and just hugged me. they didn't say anything. impromptu hug. i was like that's all i need. >> you are doing so much and we appreciate it so much. thank you. "the smallest spot of a dot" is available now and we'll be right

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thanks for watching. our linsey davis is doing "world news tonight." so whit can go to a musical. >> yes. >> work never stop. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> announcer: monday morning, look who's starting the day with stephanie: i have news on the blue from china. it is coming on the heels of a classified report sent to congress last month outlining incidents of adversaries using

advanced technology to spy on the country. closer to home in the south bay, leaders will host a town hall focused on mental health of the asian-american and pacific islander community following the shootings at half moon bay at monterey park. the town hall aims to give the community space to come together and talk about these events. for discussion will be led by rep assistive ro khanna and include local api groups. it starts at 11:30 a.m. at san jose city college and will also be live-streamed. the uss hornet museum will be kicking off their celebration of black history month. festivities include their new exhibit, african-americans in the military and has her presentations from the national park service and the east bay regional park. this video is from last year's celebration. runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. a wet weather ahead. francis is tracking a level one

storm. francis: it is making its way towards the bay area. we are seeing low clouds and fog. you can see with laptop or seven, already some sprinkles. visibility has been limited around the bay, especially in san carlos. it is down to 1.25 m you will see clouds around san francisco and san jose. temperatures in the 40's and 50's and i will let you know the timing of when the rain arrives. . stephanie: a lunar new year celebration in full swing in san francisco. a preview of the event happening all around the city. abc7 news

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so it's important to recognize the signs. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. stephanie: new developments overnight as police made an arrest after a man walked into a synagogue earlier this week and started shooting. the new details, including charges he is facing this morning. good morning, it is saturday, february 4. i am stephanie sierra. we begin with a storm and route to the area. francis is watching it for us. what is the latest on the timing? francis: it looks like it is coming earlier than we thought. we see lots of low clouds and fog over the bay area. we