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.
christie, it was trump cabinet members, cabinet members like cia director and secretary of state mike pompeo, and u.n. ambassador nikki haley. saying that we would be winning so much, we get tired of winning. well, i m sick and tired of our party losing. personality and celebrity are just not going to get it done. we can see that. we keep losing and losing and losing. and the fact of the matter is, the reason we re losing, is because donald trump has put himself before everybody else. a lot of people have asked if i m going to run for president. now that the midterms are over, i ll look at it in a serious way. well, now, while nikki haley doesn t explicitly go after donald trump there, the fact that she would even flirt with announcing after donald trump already announced is certainly a big 180 for her. joining me now is washington
mohammed bin salman, the president vowed he would make saudi arabia a pariah, and now going up to the head master to say please, i want some more. this is a big 180 for the president, some people are calling it an embarrassing climb down. well, john, it is. who would have predicted there would be a major geopolitical crisis that would lead to a spike in oil prices and the united states president would have to go to the saudi leadership and ask them to release a couple million barrels to dampen oil and gasoline prices. everybody should have predicted that, it happened dozens of times in the post world war ii period. so this is geopolitical malpractice for the president for not having predicted this and for having tried to malign the saudi leadership, a complicated but important strategic ally for the united
careful. got it. i want to play before we go sound from dr. fauci yesterday on new year s eve plans and how to stay safe. let s listen. if you are vaccinated, boosted, family setting in the home with family and relatives. when you talk about a new year s eve party with 30, 40, 50 people celebrating and you don t know the status of their vaccination i would recommend strongly stay away from that this year. there will be other years to do that but not this year. 30 seconds left. what do you think? i think he is overstating it. he is spreading too much fear. his heart is in the right place here. i think you can test people you are not aware of. the surgeon general told me that last week. he will gather for new year s and have his family. if a couple of people come in he is not sure of he will get a rapid test. dr. fauci is talking about big,
democrats hold a narrow majority in both the house and senate. and all seats are up for election in the house. back to you. julie: thank you very much. benjamin i m glad to hear your voice back today. you are getting better by the day. that s very good to hear. benjamin: nice to be with you. julie: we re both on remote in live news van locations, bear that in mind for the rest of the week. the faulkner focus is next. see you back here tomorrow. fox news alert. president biden on a working vacation at his beach house in delaware as omicron takes a surge across the country. you are in the faulkner focus . i m marcel neville in for harris. president biden acknowledged yesterday his administration s response to the testing shortage has been insufficient. a big 180 from his campaign