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how did this happen? >> that's 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. we'll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. plus a powerful earthquake leaves hun...

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. now, you have the ultimate disrupter. this was a time when the administration, as you know, had plan...