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happening now, mass destruction in more than 3,400 people dead after a powerful earthquake, and dozens of after o armageddon. stand by for new reporting on the catastrophes in turkey and syria as rescuers search for survivors and the death toll keeps rising and rising. also tonight, u.s. officials reveal new information on the size, cape abilities and the vae of the downed balloon. amid rising u.s./china tensions, and as president biden faces new international emergencies, he's also engaged in last-minute preparations for his state of the union address. we'll tell you what the presid...

china which was scheduled for this weekend. as lawmakers react to the incident here at home, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the entire senate will receive a classified briefing on china february 15th. charles watson is live on the south carolina coast near where debris from the spy flight rained down. also standing by, congressman ryan zinke, who represents montana where that flight was respondented lingering over a nuclear silo field. first though, lucas tomlin stomp's live at the white house. >> reporter: moments ago, the u.s. military issued a statement that the u.s. na...

Of the surveillance. we don't know whether it was data linked with satellites and other things that we just don't have the capability to jam. so it was very clear it was an isr threat, and in my opinion, we should have taken action before rather than let it loiter over our mainland and sensitive military sites for three or four days. >> a u.s. general says publicly that the delay in shooting down the balloon will be, and i'm quoting now, well worth its value in intelligence collected against china. is there an advantage to that? >> well, i don't think that his point is without merit. there per...

Jon: you have said publicly that this proves to the chinese that they can walk over this president. >> well, look, if we can't defend ourselves against a balloon, all right, then how are we going to defend against taiwan which is a far more sophisticated and dangerous situation? so i think it sends another message to the world, it started with afghanistan, we left afghanistan, colossal blunder. that led to putin giving the green light to ukraine. and now, obviously, taiwan's in the front sight of china. and i think this is a poke in the eye. what else could it be? it's t a poke in the eye, and...

This breaking story as only cnn can. our reporters and correspondents on the ground throughout ukraine, also in russia and of course back home in the u.s. let's begin with cnn's clarissa ward in kyiv. nick paton walsh in the south in odesa, ukraine. first, as well, we have dan rivers, he's a correspondent for itv news, he's in one of the most dangerous places in the country right now, that is kharkiv. he visited the site of the d devastating strike where he captured that moment. watch. >> you can see complete devastation here. the top of this building behind me has been completely taken out. j...