responsible for the disposal of waste materials. now disposal sites in the transfer of contaminants will be subject to epa oversight, a live report straight ahead. but first the wall street journal reports the u.s. energy department has joined the fbi assessment that covid-19 most likely originated from a lab leak in china. the department was previously undecided on how the virus emerged. all of this as fox pulling shows president biden underwater when it comes to the job performance. lucas tomlinson live in the white house with details on the stories. president biden s national security advisor jake sullivan refusing to confirm or deny the classified report, he spoke earlier. there is a variety of views in the intelligence community, some of the religious community have reached conclusions on one side and some on the other and never have said they don t have enough information to be sure. house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul releasing a statement a s
white house and key members of congress. reports the energy department now joins the federal bureau of investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a chinese laboratory the energy department conclusion is the result of eight new intelligence is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise in overseas network of laboratories but some of which conduct advanced biological research. that s a big 180 from the insistence of democrats and the media the lab leak theory was a conspiracy. cooks very, very strongly leaning towards this could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. just weeks ago doctor anthony fauci rejected the conspiracy was man-made in a lab in wuhan china. i get this with donald trump is still pushing the debunked. i m really sorry the lab leak has become such a distraction for so many people. because frankly we still don t know. there is no evidence of. escape from the lab it sounds like something from
saturday. i m frederica whitfield. russia s expectations of a quick defeat were dismissed. in kyiv on the anniversary a solum ceremony. [ speaking non-english ] ukraine s president zelenskyy remained the very public face of ukraine s resistance and defiant in his speech. translator: if we all do our homework, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think i want it this year. western allies this week pledging more military support for ukraine including a $2 billion package from the u.s. and a new round of sanctions on russia. but ukraine has suffered some 8 million people have fled the country and of those who stayed roughly 18 million are in dire need of as assistance. that s 40% of the population. christiane amanpour looks at the war and the national impact on identity. reporter: perhaps there is no more powerful sense of belonging than this, she deciding to marry in their orthodox church, the very day russia invaded and tried to cla
that recession is not inevitable. spreading in the usa, triple digit temperatures across the midwest. with record heat on the way. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade. we begin in ukraine where president volodymyr zelenskyy is warning that russia will step up its attacks. your opinion unit is trying to figure out whether too bad bid ukraine s bed. we should expect hostile reactions from russia. and not only against ukraine, but other european countries. we are preparing, we are ready, we worn partners. those warnings, as fighting continues in the eastern city. critical to russia s push to take control of the region. let s take a look at the moment that russian forces seized control. this video from a russian soldier s body cam shows troops moving past buildings before opening the local government building. the russian shoulders make their way up to the roof where they waive their victory flag. ukraine found out that the city had been take
the rout of the presidential party is total, and no majority is presented. donald trump knew the big lie was a big lie. they used it also as a big shakedown. we can t allow people to decide that they are above the law and that they are more important than our constitutional processes. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, june 20th, 9:00 a.m. here in london. and we ll begin with economic uncertainty as investors watch to see if the united states can tame historic inflation without, of course, triggering a recession. global markets have been in flux since the u.s. federal reserve hiked interest rates last week by the biggest amount since 1994. by 70 basis5 basis points, in f. station markets are left to trading. mixed day as you can see there. nikkei seeing the sharpest falls. if we have a look at the european markets, they ve been open about an hour or so doing slightly better, starting off