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Four State Department employees said they were warned that an investigation into the Wuhan lab leak theory would open Pandoras Box involving gain-of-function research.

Initiation several weeks ago. i would like to know what they find objectionable. ford also claimed state department investigators david asher was reluctant to subject his findings to intelligence experts. david asher responded on fox news. >> the allegation that we were somehow engaging in dereliction of duty or frame of nonsense. total nonsense. >> david asher writes in "the wall street journal" u.s. should apply pressure against chinas government and impose consequences for china is failing ab...

Dr. fauci. watch this. >> mr. president -- [inaudible] >> yes, im very confident with dr. fauci. >> martha: so the white house is putting on a united front. theyre in the middle of a 90-day probe into the lab leak theory that former officials say was stonewalled from the start out of fear of opening a can of worms. what can of worms was it going to open if they kept going down that road? why would anybody want to keep that can of worms closed if it led to china? last year david asher led the sta...

These years. i know thats what youre in the middle of trying to do. i want to play this from jen psaki when she was asked about gain of function research. watch this. >> dr. fauci said repeatedly, we never proved any funding for gain of research funding in wuhan. there was some approved in the prior administration. there was funding and how its approved through different nih programs. >> martha: is it true, david, that gain of function funding from the united states government has never happened...

Bottom of it. everybody should read your piece in the "wall street journal,". david, thanks very much. good to have you back. >> have a good weekend. >> martha: you bet. you too. so new jobs numbers out today that president biden called great news for our economy. charles payne says theyre a disappointment. he will describe why. more throughout the hour of our day here at the mid-atlantic air museum when we come back. >> were in the middle of an authentic french village, world war ii french vill...

And important at this time, david, thank you for your time. >> thank you. the one in the u.s. gun sales are booming with a pandemic error. the sports foundation said 8.4 million new gun owners last year. 64% increase in sales. gun groups say fear is triggering the surge. homicides in new york city up 77% versus this time last year. shootings up 18% there. in los angeles, 56% rise in homicides, 24% increase in shooting spirit in portland, 120% increase in homicides and 800% increase in shootings....

And then heres dr. fauci worried about sounding accusatory. watch this. >> its obviously in chinas best interest to find out exactly what it is. you want openness and cooperation. one of the ways you can get it is dont be accusatory. >> martha: david, quick thought on that, if you would. >> its not really in the chinese interest if theyre covering up mistakes to be open about it, is it? i just say, you know, at this stage, we need this type of commission on the hill like the 9-11 commission get ...

Publication is on the nih website and in nature medicine or a top publication, which we at state dont normally read but i assume nis does. >> martha: i know you said you were surprised that dr. fauci is now interested in learning more about the scientists that got sick in november of 2019 at the wuhan lab. other e-mails that have come out show a lot of pushback from chris ford, who wasnt happy with the work that you were doing. well put it on the screen of what he says in this e-mail. your alleg...

Firing squad. >> john: the state department official you refer to is chris ford. he told fox news in a statement regarding this investigation that was headed by david asher and others "one particular claim made by abc reporting to prove that wuhan institute of virology origin turned out to be junk science and evaporated. i was trying to protect pompeo and the trump administration says chris ford. sources tell me he stonewalled the investigation. >> i dont know the facts there. again we can spend...

Sir Richard Dearlove has said proving the theory that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was working on coronavirus experiments that would make the virus more deadly to humans will be difficult.