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Former site chairman jason chavetz and marc siegel are on site, interesting to see how they explain this one, mark. interesting details coming out of the hearing this morning, members say they are trying to answer straight-forward, but important question. how did covid-19 first spread? there has been speculation for years, no firm answers. the hearing got underway two hours ago, started with different testimony from different experts including former head of the cdc and public health experts including a professor at johns hopkins, lawmakers stress today is start of much broader investigation. ...

Open mind as to where covid-19 may have come from. >> jason chaffetz and marc siegel join me now. jason, please explain to me why, why it has taken three years for americans to possibly learn what the government already knew about the origins of covid and why did we have to wait for the gop to dig for answers? >> well, it was malpractice by democrats who control the house and senate, they never asked a probative question about the origins of this, they lack intellectual curiosity. republicans are in charge of the house, they can issue subpoena and request documents, that is core question. what...

Did it come from a lab? this question is fundamental to help us predict and prevent future pandemics. >> expert witnesses putting holes in the story, we've been told, for the last three years. >> why do so many people believe the virus came from nature? >> the natural origin camp got its story out first, always a big help. painted the lab leak as a conspiracy theory. it was promoted by science administrators in the united states. >> dr. fauci dismissed the lab leak theory, for years in fact. he expected it to be a big topic today, new e-mails reveal covid's top doc prompted drafting of a paper...

Conference call with dr. fauci, guy who wouldn't let dr. redfield see the e-mails he had sent him. why would they change their position, mr. wade? >> well, this question does lie at the heart of the issue. what is pertinent, there is no new scientific evidence that we can see that came available between the dates. >> right, go ahead. >> so you have to ask if there were other kinds of influence available. it is true that dr. fauci and london were powerful research officials. >> i read your testimony, i saw that, cut to the chase and tell what you think was the reason. >> i don't know what the r...

Correct? >> correct. >> dr. fauci gets an e-mail which says virus looks engineered, is that accurate? >> that is my understanding. >> i know, did he share that e-mail with you? >> no. >> as member of task force and head of cdc, did he share that with you? >> no. >> dr. gary sundays another e-mail, it would be easy to do in a lab, did he share that e-mail? >> no. >> you didn't see either e-mail, even though you are on the cdc task force formed three days earlier? >> no. >> three days later dr. anderson and dr. gary, they changed their position 180 degrees. the question is why. mr. wade, why wou...