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
hi, are othello. the epa previously said nor folk southern was completely responsible for cleanup efforts. now the agency says they will review. it is set to start in minutes. we will go to senior correspondent live. communications breakdown has a cleanup stalled in a bunch of contaminated soil and water stuck with nowhere to go. particularly the water used to fight the fires was supposed to go till waste disposal company outside of houston. half a million gallons already delivered. a judge in harris county texas said no one told local leadership and until they can learn all the details harris county will not take anymore east palestinian water. one thing that i want to share that i think the public should know is that i learned about this, not from a regulatory agency, not from the company, but from a member of the press and that is unacceptable. a lot of the soil, 15 truckloads, 210 tons went to a disposable facility in wayne county commission. they also were not in
406,911 calls did not have a car available. there is a lack of police officers. like many large cities across the country, crime skyrocketed after the death of george floyd in the pandemic. chicago is no different. murder at a 25 year high with more than 800 homicides. a double digit drop in 2022. homicides were still up compared to pre-pandemic levels. now as lightfoot she is using a surprising attack. accusing one of her biggest challengers brandon johnson of wanting to defund the police. also defending her record on public safety. her efforts to hire nearly 1000 new officers. i believe we have made significant progress, but i also recognize that while homicides are down year-over-year,
from 2019 and 406,911 calls did not have a car available including 32000 assaults and batteries in progress there is a lack of police officers. many large cities across the country, crime skyrocketed after the death of george floyd in the pandemic, chicago murders hit a 25 year high in 2021 with more than 800 homicides the city did see a double digit drop in 2022 the homicides were still up 40% compared to prepare endemic numbers when the mayor was elected. as lightfoot fights the land of the likely run-up she s using a surprised right of attack the biggest challenger brandon johnson wanting to defend the police the mayor is defending her record on public safety highlighting a drop in homicides and shootings in her efforts to hire a thousand new officers. i believe we made significant progress. i also recognize while homicides