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united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria. today on the program, an exclusive interview with the chancellor of germany, olaf scholz. on putins war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal, and about the future of europe itself. and, chevron ceo mike wirth on the present and future of oil. which still powers our world. and also just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. well follow...

schultz. on putins war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal and about the future of europe itself. ♪ ♪ >> and chevron ceo mike worth on the present and future of oil which still powers our world. also, just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. well follow the facts with dr. lena wynn. >> but first, heres my take. we are often told that america is deeply divided, that polarization makes ...

reports that attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving the warrant application. now, garland faces an even more daunting and consequential decision, that is whether to pursue criminal charges against the former president. >> now that decision is amplified as an fbi organization representative warns that growing calls for violence against law enforcement are, quote, real and imminent. the fbi investigating an unprecedented number of threats to bureau person...

More likely. and so i think at this point there is circumstantial evidence on both sides but there is one thick that the intelligence community has found and in fact has been unanimously saying since early on, which is that this was not intentional. this was not a bio weapon or something that china or scientists or whatever politicians or political leaders were trying to do. >> that is so well put. because it is -- it struck me, i was one of those people who was confronted with the evidence, wha...

And so i think at this point there is circumstantial evidence on both sides but there is one thick that the intelligence community has found and in fact has been unanimously saying since early on, which is that this was not intentional. this was not a bio weapon or something that china or scientists or whatever politicians or political leaders were trying to do. >> that is so well put. because it is -- it struck me, i was one of those people who was confronted with the evidence, what little that...

>> there have been reports of that. and i also want to make clear before this outbreak, we saw the virus typically spread from animals to humans. so this is what is called zoonotic, we see some human to animal or animal to human transmissions. if you come into contact with the lesions on the skin it ooze easy for the virus to spread that way. it is not surprising to hear of some reports of animal to human or human to animal transmission. and one reason why this current outbreak has really gotten...

Wildlife trade, animal to human transmissions, and studies to understand it better. if this is a lab leak, it has critically important implications for how we move forward working with laboratories globally. should there be some sort of a global body that will be monitoring laboratories to make sure that we dont see these kinds of lab leaks? you have heard many scientists say, this happens regularly. there are lab accidents that happen regularly. not necessarily serious ones, but lab accidents. ...