and that s. how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. john: the white house about to face reporter questions as we learn that the u.s. department of energy now believes the cause of covid was very likely a lab leak in china after all. now we ll get to see how the white house tries to explain how we got to this from this. i m really sorry that the lab leak has become such a distraction for so many people because frankly, we still don t know. there is no evidence, really, to say. john: first the fbi, now another government agency validating the lab leak theory. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. that did not age well, did it? sandra: and here we go. we are going to watch for that
In an interim report, titled ‘An Analysis of the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic,’ the US Senate Republicans investigated the origin of the COVID virus and explained how it could have started from a laboratory leak.
lovingly packed by and it has pictures of our students. we make sure the families know this isn t a nameless faceless organization, these are from people that really love you. carley: thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much. merry christmas. todd: merry christmas to you too. carley: the outgoing nih director tells fox news the lab leak theory was a distraction but republicans aren t buying it. how they re preparing to uncover what really happened in wuhan. todd: dozens of americans evacuated from afghanistan by a veterans group that worked to get them on u.s. soil by the hole of days. we holidays, we talk to some of the people involved
scientists who refuted the lab leak theory, 26 of the 27 scientists had funding connections to researchers in china. did he get another one? lindor again. what a memorable night wrapping up the subway series. steve: good morning everybody in washington, d.c. this is your 6:01 wake-up call right now. it s 72 in new york and 72 in the district of columbia where today they are going for a high of 90 degrees. look who is here? we have rachel in for ainsley. brian: you didn t work enough over the weekend. rachel: i didn t work enough.
i m of the point of view that i still think the most likely etiology of this in wuhan was from a laboratory. escaped. for a lot of people, it was stunning. not so much what was said. after all, the lab leak theory had been out there for some time. but that the former director of the cdc said it. someone with access to raw data and intelligence that others didn t have. after largely being dismissed, by the scientific community, the lab leak theory is gaining new momentum. we know all laboratories all over the world have had and continue to have accidents despite our best efforts to prevent them. this professor penned a letter along with 17 other scientists writing, more investigation is still needed to determine the origins of the pandemic.