General, we've never seen an object like this gain entry into our airspace before.

How did that happen?

That's an excellent question, Katie.

The balloon was somehow able to get past our West Coast anti-balloon defense system, the Seattle Space Needle.

But here, we were able to keep an eye on it with our sophisticated tracking technology of going

like this.

Saturday Night Live with its take on China's spy balloon.

This morning there are rising diplomat attentions between the U.S. and China.

After a White House decision to shoot down that massive spy balloon will walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout.

We're also following the devastating aftermath of a powerful earthquake that left hundreds of people dead in Turkey and Syria.

This morning, rescue crews are searching through rebel for any survivors.

And back in Washington, there is a major GOP donor looking to, quote, turn the page on past several years and an apparent rebuke of former President Trump.

We'll explain that development.

Plus,

more more more here.

One more here.

President Biden got a surge of support at the Democratic National Committee's annual

winter meeting in Philadelphia

on Friday. As Democrats approve a new primary calendar reshaping the way the party picks,

its presidential nominees, we'll speak to the chairman of the DNC just ahead. And good morning.

And welcome to morning, Joe. It is Monday, February 6th.

With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bear Chief at Politico, Jonathan Lemire,

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