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That he thinks are necessary for investing in infrastructure and developing a broader approach to jobs in order to get the economy back working again. you heard the president talk about ideas like expanding education, including community college at no cost to those attending. and also talking about raising the federal minimum wage to $15 and strengthening unions. those are classic joe biden principles, and theyre big in the democratic party. thats part of what he outlined today. and what the whi...

January 6th riot. the effort got a push today from the mother of fallen capitol police officer brian sicknick who spent today in the halls of congress urging republican senators to support it. >> usually im staying in the backgrounds, and i just couldnt stay quiet anymore. >> we have a very busy news hour to get to starting things off for us, jake sherman, founder of punchbowl news and an msnbc political contributor, and nbc news white house correspondent kelly odonnell traveling with the presid...

Intelligence community are currently split between whether it started through contact with animals or by some laboratory accident. nbc news janis mackey frayer toured the lab. >> reporter: there are evolving questions questions where they study some of the most dangerous pathogens on the planet. at first the lab leak or accident theory dismissed as fringe with most scientists saying that the virus wasnt engineered and most believe that this was naturally occurring, not a spillover from animals t...

Poor to have a shot at the middle class, and the middle class able to breathe more easily. thats what this is about. but this time bringing everybody along, everybody. thank you, and god bless you, and may god protect our troops. thank you. [ applause ] thanks. >> good afternoon, everyone. im here in new york. that was president biden just wrapping up his speech in cleveland, ohio, talking about the impact of his administrations efforts to get the economy back on track after the pandemic. he als...

The majority think perhaps it is the animal to human, but another segment of the intelligence community says it is possible that its a laboratory accident. but with either of those scenarios, they dont feel theres sufficient evidence yet. now that the worst of deaths and illnesses has receded, the president is giving more focus to this. theres been political pressure to do so. and some of the theories related to the lab leak were written off months earlier as some kind of conspiracy that was a p...

Troublesome, theres things they have to address. but hes not going to jail in a civil lawsuit. in a criminal case, of course, the consequences and the stakes are very different. mr. trump has a whole bunch of fires raging on the legal front, civil and criminal. >> all right. chuck rosenberg. always appreciate your insights and analysis. thank you, chuck. still ahead, president biden orders a closer look at how the pandemic may have started including the possibility that it may have come from a...

The real origin of the virus. the other is one sided political accusation without solid scientific background. >> reporter: china is also urging a wider investigation into other labs and facilities around the world, in particular in the u.s. so now it is a matter of the theory fighting the fort dietrich theory. president biden given 90 days to the intelligence community for something to steer the investigation in a better direction but thes no indication that china is willing to allow investigat...

Saying that three people working at the lab hospitalized with an infengs and contradicted what we were told when we visited last august saying that nobody at the lab had been sick or connected to the lab had been sick. today chinese officials were quick to respond to president bidens statement why the embassy in washington releasing a state criticizing thest for its fixation on what it calls lies and here in beijing they say that politics and science dont mix. >> a trap that china doesnt want to...

Was that process like? why not the scientific community as opposed to the intelligence community? >> well, one of the difficulties has been the u.s. getting information in china where we know the illness originated. and the question is what info. can they get that can be credible and can help to explain the origins. and there are those two working theories that it went from animal-to-human transmission or that because wuhan has a virology laboratory that has done work and study on a range of cor...

Virus made the way to the human population so i think president biden is trying to take a step to bring clarity to that question. >> i wonder if the intelligence community is the best place for this investigation. can you have a meaningful investigation without full transparency and should they lead this and not scientific community members? >> if were going to get the answer as to the origins of this virus we really need to be in china and examining the different options. again, the role, poten...