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>> andy scholes, thank you very much. "new day" continues right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. to our viewers in the united states and around the world it is wednesday july 27th, im john berman with brianna keilar. this morning a criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection is moving closer to former president donald trump. cnn reports key witnesses subpoenaed by the justice department in recent days include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were ask...

Most likely started at a market in china. lets bring in cnns beijing bureau chief steve jiang. what do the studies say? >> well, john, with the publication of these findings we have almost come to a full circle. remember back in early 2020 when the pandemic first began, this market in wuhan was the global focus in the origin tracing effort. we have seen images of wild animals being crammed into cages there, living in very unhygenic conditions before being slaughtered and sold to consumers. almos...

Directive today is they do believe there could be some credibility to that theory that covid-19 did come from a lab, a lab accident potentially and thats what he wants the intelligence community to find out within the next three months. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. meanwhile, china is slamming the lab leak theories, calling them smear campaigns. cnns steven jiang reports from beijing. >> reporter: the chinese government has been saying for days that these latest allegations from wash...