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outbreak on a coronavirus variant. cnn has previously reported that the lab was studying coronaviruses in bats but it is unclear how closely related the variants were to the strain which started the pandemic. as for the energy departments new assessment, it is described as low confidence and a minority view apparently within the intelligence community. that said, it sparked new calls today from transparency from china. >> we would wish to see from the prc a greater degree of responsibi...

the 2024 road show has begun. "the lead" starts right now. president biden leaving the beltway. taking the state of the union message to voters in some key battleground states. will he get cheers or jeers from the american people? then, more than 12,000 people now have been killed. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria continuing to rise to staggering heights as hope fades of finding survivors left in the rubble. and a passengers battery catching on fire mid flight...

tonight on "the read out". >> the best advice i would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. just get the [ bleep ] away. wherever you have to go, just get away. >> the right wing panic over race and culture. nowhere is that in sharper focus than in florida, where ron desantis has had more success pushing authoritarianism than donald trump ever dreamed possible. plus, breaking news in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news, including our first l...

covid-19 pandemic. thats according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or its too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. >> president biden s...

somewhere. how several states slated to receive that soil are pushing back. also this morning, the fallout keeps growing for the creator of dilbert. more newspapers dropped the comic strip after the cartoonist went on a racist tirade. >> all that in just moments. we begin with a destructive winter storm on the move. >> two houses. >> the storm unleashing multiple tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas. one of those tornadoes tore through norman. shredded homes and injured at least 12 peopl...

michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the states governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i g...

hes "up for the fight" to bring in new legislation to prevent migrants crossing the channel. the un refugee agency says it will punish asylum seekers. people must know that if they come here illegally, it will result in their detention and swift removal. ahead of sundays oscars ceremony, we speak to the star and director of best picture nominee elvis. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. two of four americans kidnapped in mexico on monday have been f...

cities and towns, this after severe storms ripped across oklahoma and parts of the central u.s. this morning, more than 50,000 without power in the region. at least nine tornadoes touching down in oklahoma and kansas. wind gusts equivalent to a category 3 hurricane about 120 miles an hour battering texas. ahead, the latest on the storms and whats to come. plus, at least two people are dead, three others wounded after a drone attack in ukraine. this as the u.s. is now warning that chi...

ukrainian territory in the countrys east. the biden administration says if beijing does provide weapons it will pay a real cost. >> were not just making direct threats, were just laying out the stakes and consequences how things will infold. and we are doing that clearly and specifically behind closed doors. >> cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now, so, jeremy, some intense discussions as we go going on behind closed doors. any idea how imminent this potential for c...

lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to "the lead" im jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 r...