sandra: all new at 2:00, the pentagon set to brief the press any moment now as president xi and putin wrap up day two of their historic summit bringing america s top two adversaries even closer together. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith in new york. we are certainly monitoring the pentagon for any news that comes from there, john. john: it could be a big news hour. we ll keep an eye on the pentagon for any updates as president xi tries to broker a peace plan for putin s war. experts warn any china-backed peace plan would have one winner, china. that s where we start with the fox news alert. sandra: president biden just wrapped his remarks on a day he has devoted to talking about climate and environmental justice. at the same time as china and russia are plotting against the united states. the two major powers showing off their close relationship during today s second round of talks. john: president biden under fire for still
now it s veep. sandra: beijing is stone walling and blocking information about the origins of covid-19. republican senator rand paul says it s not just china, it s also the u.s. government obstructing the truth. now president biden has signed the bipartisan legislation to declassify intel so will that help us get to the bottom of this? senator rand paul joins us now, a member of the senator foreign relations committee. thank you for joining us on the program today. will we eventually get to the bottom of this? so many years after this pandemic started? you know, we had a unanimous vote in the senate, a unanimous vote in the house, and then president biden signed it and when he signed it said yeah, i ll give you the information as long as i determine that it s not going to hurt our national security which is concerning that he s already putting a caveat on how much he s going to give us. i can also tell you that much of the information i m asking for is unclassified already. i have