Hello and welcome to bbc news. Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Well have more on those stories and the growing claims by us officials that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese Laboratory but first quick a look at some of the other headlines on the outbreak. Italy has registered 174 coronavirus related deaths, the lowest daily figure since the lockdown was introduced two months ago. Churches across germany have resumed services for the First Time Since march. And in the uk theres been a dip in the daily testing figures around 76,000 were counted, far short of the governments 100,000 a day target. But we begin in the us, where the secretary of state mike pompeo has claimed theres enormous evidence the coronavirus outbreak began in a lab in the chinese city of wuhan. President trump made the same accusation this week but neither has given any evidence for it. The claims come after Us Intelligence agencies said if the virus came from a lab it was likely because o
process. they are our biggest adversary. they lied about covid and we have to hold them accountable. and we have the media and democrats acting like defense attorneys for the chinese instead of helping get to the bottom of what actually happened. harris: right here in focus arkansas governor sarah sanders. that was yesterday calling out the biden administration and legacy media. the white house for its part is not confirming anything when it comes to how the killer coronavirus crept its way all over the world from china. national security spokesman john kirby has said they ll keep all the classified information under wraps. peter doocy is pressing for answer. a bill required the dni to declassify passed the senate. if it passes the house, too, would president biden sign it? he swiftly and unilaterally put information out there. that s one. two. the intelligence community continues to assess the origins of covid.
anybody in china. this has to be completely tightly controlled. it wasn t. it was very sloppy. people like anthony fauci are cull able and need to be held accountable. harris: senator joe manchin, democrat obviously, popped off at his democratic colleagues over the debt ceiling and demanded they negotiate on spending cuts to have a deal to raise the debt limit. some house democrats also looking to curb massive spending. 59 of them joined the g.o.p. in backing a new bill forcing a budgetary review of any executive orders which could have a substantial inflationary impact. that would have been nice to start months ago. what is your take on this? first of all let s just listen to a couple numbers. prior to the pandemic the federal government spent less than 4.5 trillion. last year we raised 4.9 trillion in revenue.
china laboratory. the white house is still holding back on that, though. our nation s finances are a mess. you can t basically just tax your way out of debt. you can t borrow your way out of debt and you can t cut your way out of debt. harris: president joe biden, however, says there is nothing to worry about. he is even set to brand himself as a deficit hawk after smashing america s piggy bank to bits with all his spending. republican senator ron johnson in focus next. this is going to be great. taking the shawl off. ok i did it. is he looking at my hairline? is plaque psoriasis making you rethink your everyday choices? otezla is a pill, not a cream or injection that can help people with plaque psoriasis achieve clearer skin. and no routine blood tests required. don t use otezla if you re allergic to it.