two trains crashing into one another, killing 36 people. we have the latest developments. for the first time in more than 30 years, chicago sitting mayor has lost re-election in a race that was dominate bid rising crime. is it a warning sign for other big city democrats? you re talking about a potential leak. the fbi providing his first public confirmation on their assessment about covid originally leaking from a chinese lab. we ll have more on the comments ahead. all that ahead, first, to our breaking news. a devastating train crash in greece killed more than 36 people. dozens are injured. a passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed. several catching fire. this happened north of athens. state broadcasters reporting that both trains were traveling on the same track for several miles before this collision. first responders still working, trying to find survivors in the twisted melted wreckage. hospital offic
market. science is not ever settled. it s a process of the accumulation of knowledge and data constantly building upon itself towards human progress. the missing pieces of this investigation are on china. as dr. deborah burke said on cnn this morning just yesterday we re never going to get the data from china. china is not been transparent. we re not transparent with covid in 2019. they re not transparent today in 2023. so given that, all we can say is that the origins of covid are not settled question. that s exactly why we need m independent, open minded data driven investigations. pursuing facts without fear of favor is what we should always do. trying to shut down debate because of political discomfort is what we should never do. that should be clear upon further review. two things stick out to me. one which is being a lab leak accidental does not mean some man made bioweapon that a lot of
welcome back to cnn this morning. the first hearing of the house select committee on china kicked off last night. one of the top concerns is social media giant tiktok. lawmakers want president biden to ban the app from the u.s. citing security risks because of the ownership by chinese company bitedance. take a listen to what the former national security officer talked about the dangers he sees in the app. if tiktok is permitted to continue operating in the united states and if wechat and other chinese platforms are continued to operate, it gives the chinese communist party the ability to manipulate our social discourse. the news, to censor and suppress
the opinion people became the issues that the news side largely reported on. and just became this sort of self defeating process. and then they just got addicted to the ratings and the returns and, you know, the chinese expression about riding the tiger. you can t get off because you re afraid it will eat you. what happens then? can they get off of this? is there can they change? can they change after this? can there be a reconfiguration of fox news to bring it sort of back to what roger ails may have wanted it to be? both of you said i don t think so. it will be really hard. that s a consensus. to be continued. appreciate having you on. thank you. we ll have much more on the coverage of this story in our next hour here on cnn this morning. we re going to talk about student loan relief and whether or not it is on the table for millions of americans or whether or not it s in jeopardy. where does the supreme court
country? you just don t know because it s the influence of the chinese communist party is significant on companies like bitedance which owns tiktok. even if the executives say otherwise. you just don t know. that s one of the big issues we have to cover. people using tiktok thinks it is entertainment. he thinks it s just entertainment. it is becoming a news story and people are leaning on that instead of looking at the cnn app, for example. the you think it s a dangerous don t you have a burner phone for tiktok? yeah. i do. many years ago i wrote this. i said i have a burner phone. i love it. it s a great app. i watch it. it s like potato chips. it does is entertainment. i had a burner phone. everyone made fun of me. i was like, look, i don t want, you know, so obvious that chinese communist party controls companies in china. there is no u.s. companies allowed in china. there is not a reciprocal thing