both hypothesis including the lab leak they ended up hurting the credibility of science. dana: the debate over the origins of covid and credibility of our health officials leading the charge comes back today. dr. fauci is about to testify before a house panel on his response to the virus in his first public testimony in nearly two years. remarkable. it has been two years. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. i thought dr. redfield was very interesting last hour. i m bill hemmer. the pandemic may be officially over but the world may never fully recover from the damage it posed. a lot of questions finally getting more pointed. republicans on that committee are digging into the lab in wuhan china and whether a key fauci advisor was looking to evade laws, a cover-up. dana: the founder of public vcc. you follow it closely. i want to play some sound from democratic lawmakers questioning the conduct of dr. morens last week. what
regarding the grant termination. does that violate policy? it was inappropriate for him to go doing that for a grantee as a conflict of interest, among other things. on march 29, 2021, dr. morens edited a letter that dr. das yak was sending to nih. does that violate policy? yes. he provided him with advice regarding how to mislead nih on eco health s late progress report. does that violate policy? it was wrong and inappropriate and violated policy. on december 7th, 2021, dr. morens wrote to the chair of eco health s board of directors to quote put in a word, end quote, for the doctor. does that violate policy? should not have done that. that was wrong. it violates policy. i m not sure of a specific policy. i imagine it does. he should not have been doing that. in addition to all those actions dr. morens wrote to the doctor peter from tony s recent comments to me they are trying to protect you, end quote. did you ever talk to dr. morens about dr. daczak and e
private email. there is a troubling pattern of behavior from your inner circle. not just dr. morens but your chief of staff. do you agree it violates niaid policy to use personal email for official purposes? the dr. morens issue that was discussed by this committee violates nih policy, yes. does using official email using a personal email for official business violate? using a personal email for official business violates policy. does it violate niaid policy to delete records to avoid foia? yes. dr. morens edited an eco health press release
of behavior from your inner circle. not just dr. morens but your chief of staff. do you agree it violates niaid policy to use personal email for official purposes? the dr. morens issue that was discussed by this committee violates nih policy, yes. does using official email using a personal email for official business violate? using a personal email for official business violates policy. does it violate niaid policy to delete records to avoid foia? yes. dr. morens edited an eco health press release