the only possible explanation for what triggered the covid pandemic i ll while a new senate republican report raises the possibility that there were two separate lab leaks at a chinese lab conducting risky gain of function research back in 2019. sandra: how will lawmakers hold china accountable as they hold more details of the origins of the pandemic. rand paul and mike johnson are on it, they will explain where they are going with all of this coming up. john: begin this tuesday, though, with new details on the mobs of teenagers committing heinous acts in downtown chicago, i ll while the new and outgoing leaders of the windy city downplay the chaos. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: a lot of nothing to see here coming from the leaders in chicago. a lot more on this coming up. this is america reports. mayor lori lightfoot is disputing the numerous acts of vandalism happening in the city, as well as the two teenagers that were shot in chicago s well-known historic
report concludes that is likely how the pandemic first began. in a house select committee heard testimony today from a former top u.s. intel official that a chinese lab leak is the only explanation. our money to a lab in china that wasn t up to code that was doing gain of function research and that s where this thing came from. that s what they didn t want us to know. do you agree with that mr. ratcliffe. i do agree with that. communist china the target of bipartisan criticism in washington on tuesday. china has not been forthcoming. where a house select committee held a hearing on the origins of covid-19. i can very well argue the lab leak theory because, you know, china cannot cooperate. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, who began his term two months into the pandemic, also pointing the finger at china. a lab leak is the only explanation credit dibly supported by our intelligence, by science, and by common sense. the chinese embassy
now turning the tables as we learn new leads on the biden family money trail. zero in on the remaining unknown biden who appears to have received $70,000 from the chinese electric company in a deal with the parent ties to the biden family enterprise. jonathan turley and joe concha standing by. first, we go to david spent who gist us the latest this afternoon on a friday from there on this case. hi, david. hi, martha. you mentioned aggressive. it s clear hunter biden s team has upped the ante. this counterclaim today it s a counter suit against this computer repair shop owner makes interesting observations and questions including questioning of who owned the laptop. i want to read this specific part. it s a foot note. it says this is not an admission by mr. biden that mack isaac, the shop owners or others possessed any real laptop containing data belonging to mr. biden. mr. biden says at some point matt isaac obtained electronically stored data some of which belongs to mr.
how the lab leak theory is picking up steam. reporter: another covid report, 300 pages. the big take away is this statement. the preponderance of information affirms the possibility of a research related incident that was likely unintentional resulting from failures of biosafety containment during vaccine related research. relies on that scientists that have yet to discover any sort of naturally occurring viruses that are similar in composition to covid-19. furthermore, the report argues researchers in china started on at least two covid vaccines in november of 2019 before the pandemic. and that there are also safety concerns at that very lab. this is how the senator of kansas released the report interprets the fighting. i want to emphasize i think this leak was unintentional. they had no reason that they wanted to release this virus. i would hope for the best. we have to assume the worst. reporter: fbi director wray christopher wray said the virus most likely came fro
from biden family business dealings. in a statement, comber said the biden family enterprise is centered on joe biden s political career and connections and it has generated an exorbitant amount of money for the biden family. on capitol hill, the sheer volume of reports to say nothing of their content, raising eyebrows and the suspicion. the amount of money that we are talking about in these reports is astronomical. and the accusations and the source of the findings, where that money is going to show companies, prostitution rings, et cetera, it is insanity that it is not investigated in the way that it should be. kevin: supporters of the president insist this is the same from comer and the arrest and you can file this under much to do about nothing. is like groundhog day.