we did not fund a gain-of-function research at the wuhan institute of virology. i keep an open mind as to what the origin is. the cdc was responsible for those kinds of guidelines to schools, not me. would you have any reason to cover up any new scientific evidence relating to the origins of the covid-19 virus? absolutely not. john: a live look at capitol hill where dr. anthony fauci, the face of the federal response to the covid pandemic, as testifying publicly for the very first time since retiring from government service. it s been quite a hearing so far. hello, i m john roberts in washington. it begins a new week, sandra. sandra: welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. they ve been pressing fauci on everything, from gain-of-function research to what triggered the outbreak in the first place. john: 16 is quick to deny allegations he tried to cover up the possibility that the pandemic originated from a laboratory in china,
away from the closest reservoir, from the bat that carries this coronavirus. these other animals called pangolins were suggested to be the animal. listen to what robert redfield said is his belief about the origin. i think gain-of-function research, in my view, my opinion, is what caused this pandemic. john: so he believed that, yet he was quickly sidelined by dr. fauci. yeah. remember, dr. redfield was the head of the cdc. he was supposed to be in charge of the response, frankly, for the u.s. government. he and a guy who has the assistant secretary for the pandemic preparedness at health and human services. both of them disagreed with fauci on the origin issue, just because of the so-called theology. this spread like wildfire from the beginning. it didn t act like a disease that was jumping gradually within nature.
arguing it s had the wrong response. conservatives are critical of the bank anyway, saying it didn t act fast enough against inflation, it directs itself, they put up rates of half of 1%, as it warned it would do. the governor said on friday that in terms of what they had heard that they hadn t moved fast enough, he rejected that and said it s an approach to buying assets, this quantities easing programme which arguably helped during the credit crunch, it was not part of the problem. so there is a political conflict opening up between the woman most likely to be prime minister and the government. and her action has been to suggest she could curtail the independence of the bank of england, which is characteristic of this contest every time
on a collision course with the bank of england, arguing it s had the wrong response. a lot of conservatives are critical of the bank anyway, saying it didn t act fast enough against inflation, it directs itself, it s monetary policy committee, they put up rates of half of 1%, as it warned it would do. the government set on friday that in terms of what they had heard that they hadn t moved fast enough, he rejected that and said it s an approach to buying assets, this quantitative easing programme which arguably helped during the credit crunch, it was not part of the problem. so there is a political conflict opening up between the woman most likely to be prime minister and the government. and her reaction has been to suggest she could curtail the bank of england, which is characteristic of this contest every time an independent body, whether it be the electorate commission or the bank
you can in birmingham, as mark says, they re working for the state, its preposterous. what happens when they move or get promoted? but it s also the kind of triviality of it that bothers me. this country seems to be staring over a cliff, and neither of them frankly seem to have very much to say about the very big issues. and what they do have to say, liz truss seems to be on a collision course with the bank of england, arguing it s had the wrong response. conservatives are critical of the bank anyway, saying it didn t act fast enough against inflation, it directs itself, they put up rates of half of 1%, as it warned it would do. the governor said on friday that in terms of what they had heard that they hadn t moved fast enough, he rejected that and said it s an approach to buying assets, this quantitive easing programme