do put out has to be viewed with a skeptical eye because of the system they have there. it doesn t really matter which one you like. it doesn t matter which one you think in your heart of hearts is true. we have to investigate both of them. we haven t investigated the lab and i think the biden administration is trying to do the that the best they can. the sign actives are like, don t look at the lab. don t look at the lab. we have to look at the natural origin theory and the lab leak theory without any biases whatsoever. stephen, to be clear, if i may, you ve got the chinese cdc saying it wasn t in the wet market. to your larger point, they have been been exactly reliable narraters. given the history of lab leaks we ve seen in epidemiology, why do you think that s a door that should be largely closed? i think in our paper we said it can t be entirely dismissed and we certainly welcome the biden administration s review. the question is, where are we going to focus our efforts? the t
coronavirus more contagious and, therefore, more deadly. that raises a lot of uncomfortable questions. that s why tony fauci still thinks that the natural origin theory is the most likely theory, because he is trying to cover up his tracks and trying to avoid answering the questions about why he was funding research that is so risky that even barack obama tried to forbid him. brian: senator, what could be done? you are in the minority, obviously, in the senate, normally there would be hearings about this and new focus on this. do you have to just sit back and wait for a democratic initiative? no, we don t, brian. in fact, thanks to republican questions, at these hearings over the last few months. we now know that our government was using your tax dollars to fund the research in those labs indirectly through an american nonprofit. we have a lot of documents that suggest in the very early days of this pandemic that tony fauci and a lot of his fellow scientists were trying to cover th
it s what of that origin theory. the theories being treated very credible, both of them, and the administration urging that they re reserving judgment until the intelligence completes their review in 30 days. natasha bertrand, cnn. a the new report puts a question on thousands of immigrants in the u.s. next, how a single decision upended their decisions and their lives. . plus, they say desperate lies call for more desperate measures.
this originated has also led senior biden administration officials to take that theory, that it escaped from a lab, accidentally, very seriously. now, it is important to note that this is not necessarily a theory that this was engineered as a bioweapon. this is not gaining credence within the biden administration. what they believe is that this could have escaped from a lab, as they were conducting research on bats. and therefore, it is also somewhat of a natural origin theory. but right now, the two theories being treated at very credible, both of them, and the administration emphasizing to us that they re reserving judgment until the intelligence community completes its review in about 40 days. natasha bertrand, cnn. thanks, natasha. a terrifying experience for a mother and her child to tell you about. a brazen attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old in broad daylight, in queens, new york. the whole thing caught on video.
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