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how did this happen? >> thats an excellent question, katy. the balloon was able to get past our west coast anti-balloon defense system, the seattle space needle, but once it was here, we were able to keep an eye on it with our sophisticated tracking technology of going like this. >> our thanks to "saturday night live" there. there are rising dramatic tensions, however, between the united states and china after a white house decision to shoot down that massive spy balloon. well walk thr...

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War effort in ukraine. going to be a lot of scrutiny on beijing in the days ahead. we really appreciate you being here. clint watts, former fbi agent and national security agent. thank you. now, looking at "axios a.m.," mike allen, good to see you. what is axios 1bigthing? >> the balloon crashes, the state of the union. >> not surprised. >> months and months of preparation go into a state of the union with one desire, send a clear message. president biden talked before about the unity agenda. ...

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Collapsed victims and their families go to cnn.com/impact. we have links there to charitable organizations that have been verified by cnn. u.s. authorities are investigating a deadly hot air balloon crash. the balloon went down in albuquerque, new mexico, on saturday killing five people. the crash involved power lines temporarily knocking out electricity to 13,000 people. the area is popular with ballooning enthusiasts. officials from the federal aviation administration and national transporta...

Ballooning and what it means to us. i know this is a tragedy that is uniquely felt and hits home in albuquerque and in the ballooning community. >> reporter: federal investigators from the faa and ntsb are now supervising the investigation. the ntsb has long called for more regulation of ballooning. this call came after an eerily similar crash involving power lines in texas in 2016. >> the truth of the matter is the ntsb feels there needs to be greater oversight by the regulator. >> reporter: an...

>> a hot air balloon slams into a radio tower leaving passengers stranded 700 feet above the ground. >> hes on the tower. >> october 2004. the drama unfolds at the albuquerque, new mexico, balloon festival. after a microburst of wind blows this smokey bear balloon off course. >> suddenly the balloon crashes into a radio tower which carries 50,000 watts of electricity. >> hit the tower. >> youre now basically atop of this 700 foot radio tower and the basket is weaving back and forth. >> inside th...

>> a hot air balloon slams into a radio tower leaving passengers stranded 700 feet above the ground. >> hes on the tower. >> october 2004. the drama unfolds at the albuquerque, new mexico, balloon festival. after a microburst of wind blows this smokey bear balloon off course. >> suddenly the balloon crashes into a radio tower which carries 70,000 watts of electricity. >> youre now basically atop of this 700 foot radio tower and the basket is weaving back and forth. >> inside the basket, a retiri...

Boys! >> a hot air balloon slams into a radio tower leaving passengers stranded 700 feet above the ground. >> hes on the tower. >> october 2004. the drama unfolds at the albuquerque, new mexico, balloon festival. after a microburst of wind blows this smokey bear balloon off course. >> suddenly the balloon crashes into a radio tower which carries 50,000 watts of electricity. >> it hit the tower. >> youre now basically atop of the 700-foot radio tower, and the basket is weaving back and forth. >> ...

Boys. a hot air balloon slams into a radio tower, leaving passengers stranded 700 feet above the ground. >> hes on the tower! >> october 2004. the drama unfurls at the albuquerque balloon festival after a meek row boost of wind blows this smokey the bear balloon off course. >> suddenly the balloon crashes into a radio tower which carries 50,000 watts of electricity. >> bass sket is kind of weaving back and forth. >> inside the basket, a retired forest ranger and two young boys. an air rescue i...