november from the laboratory. if that proves true, that coincides exactly when we know this virus hit china. griff: the former cdc director says he was even threatened for his views challenging the biological bat theory. >> i have spent my life in virology. i do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human. normally in a pathogen goes from a genome to human it takes a while to figure out how to become more and more efficient in human-to-human transmission. i just don't think this blidges sense. >> the response to the vanity fair piece. no effort was made at any time to suppress or withhold information from senior policy makers or the public. this as republicans push for a gain of function probe. congressman michael waltz saying this a litany of mounting evidence raises legitimate concerns regarding the safety and security of federally funded research to the wuhan lab.