professional repudiation. even charges of racism from the supposed experts so now what? white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the department of energy overseas national labs and now reportedly concludes a lab leak in china most likely caused the pandemic albeit that conclusion with low confidence. but, this theory became a political lightning rod after former president donald trump embraced it and top scientists shot it down. now, team biden is holding back of talk about lessons learned and also, responding to china s denials. china has repeatedly blocked the world health organization s covid origins probe and now is swiftly rebuking the reported findings from the u.s. department of energy. china s foreign minister saying in part a laboratory origin of the pandemic was considered to be extremely unlikely is a science-based authoritative conclusion reached certain parties should s
transportation secretary pete buttigieg will visit that ohio train derailment site one day after donald trump. the lead starts right now. big names descend on a small town, east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train wreck. norfolk southern vows to help but critics know how much the company is giving victims versus company investors for stock buybacks. plus after the speeches and fanfare, ukraine left with the realities of war. do you have any idea how many bodies you have taken back to their hometowns at this stage? cnn s clarissa ward is on the front lines for us with the somber work of returning bodies of fallen ukrainian soldiers to their families as russia s brutal invasion nears one year. and a coast to coast winter storm. ice and snow and conditions not seen in some spots in 30 years. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start in east palestine, ohio, where the fallout from that toxic train wreck starts to get messier by the hour and i don t
just learned there are two more hours of the show [laughter] so we welcome you aboard those two hours as he figures out what s in the show. tucker used to host this show, fox & friends weekend, for four years. and he famously said as i host the show, i like to learn about the show. rachel: let it unfold. pete: he wouldn t prepare, didn t need to, he d learn about the next segment once the commercial break came. so maybe we ll try that. [laughter] rachel: have you figured out breakfast yet? will: no. the commercial breaks are super short, rachel. what would you like? [laughter] rachel: you know, i m down for a bagel. will: a bagel? rachel: okay, what do you want? will: we know what he wants, he wants mcdonald s. a mcgriddle. pete: bagels are very overrated. i ve got a lot of kids who like bagels because they spent too much time in new jersey. a lot of empty calories there. not to insult bagel lovers rachel: now he s in tennessee, he s a biscuit guy. pete: yes, biscuits a
all in? we win and are we ready tomorrow to take back this country? are you ready to take this state back? [cheers and applause]. who s ready to send mark kelly back to space tomorrow? laura: now, we re going to hear from reporters and candidates across the nation tonight including our own mark meredith in ohio where donald trump is still delivering what was billed as a highly anticipated speech. but first, the great realignment. that s the focus of tonight s angle. with republicans about to take control of both the house and the senate, most democrats aren t interested in serious soul searching about how it all unravelled. for a bunch so worried about election denial, they seem to be preemptively questioning the legitimacy of the impending republican takeover. how concerned are you that the upheaval at twitter will result in a flood of misinformation, disinformation right before the election? and it actually goes beyond twitter. today there are reports that
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