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good morning to you. i'm jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we're following several major stories this morning. overnight ukraine rocked by a barrage of russian missiles. the defense minister saying it's the most massive missile attack since the invasion began in februariment we know power is out in several regions including parts of the capital kyiv. we'll be live on the ground ahead. plus, the u.s. reinstating covid tests for travelers coming from china as beijing drops its own restrictions despite an overwhelming surge in cases. a fresh apology from southwes...

u.s.-mexico border looking for asylum in the united states. breaking, the biden administration officially out with new rules for travelers from china. we're live at the white house with the details developing as we speak. i'm hallie jackson in washington. joining me now is msnbc correspondent shomari stone at bwi airport, mike memoli is with the president in saint kroi in the virgin islands. some people have canceled vacation plans altogether. what are the airlines saying. talk us through that piece of it. >> reporter: right now people are trying to get answers. they're understanda...

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...

Via YouTube / Associated PressThe first Chinese scientist to publish a genomic sequence of the COVID-19 virus—without permission of government health authorities—says he has been allowed to return to his lab following a sit-in protest he started after he claimed to have been locked out of the facility over the weekend.Virologist Zhang Yongzhen on Wednesday wrote online that the medical center where his lab is located had “tentatively agreed” to permit him and the rest of his team to return and r

Cases in china and the variants are more likely going to emerge in the unprotected, unvaccinated population. the second concern is that china seems to be not that transparent in sharing data, including the genomic sequence of the samples. >> that's what i want to ask you about. it doesn't seem like it's just the lack of case reporting that could help the public health officials worldwide. there are concerns that you're talking about, that they're going to stop sharing this genomic sequence data. that's how they zero in on these new variants. how much does that concern you? >> well, first of al...