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. because frankly we still don t know. there is no evidence of. escape from the lab it sounds like something from
judge. a south florida airports still closed by floodwaters after the rainiest day in fort lauderdale history. and new restrictions on abortion pills kick in just hours from now will the u. s supreme court step in. good friday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans today in air national guard i t specialist will make his first court appearance after his arrest in connection with a major leak of top secret defense documents. the exact timing for jack to share his arraignment in a boston courtroom has not yet been announced. cnn s oren lieberman has more on the investigation. rest from the pentagon. 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard is in custody arrested in connection to the massive leak of classified documents online, the fbi swooping in on titan, massachusetts, a tactical team moving in to arrest jack to shera after surveilling him for a couple of days. a u. s official said the plan was to arre
come the same week that hunter biden lawyers will meet with department of justice officials, one source telling fox news it s not necessarily a signal that prosecutors are ready to charge hunter but the timing it sure interesting especially now that white house appears to be doing damage control over that testimony from the former cia deputy director who told congress now secretary of state blinken played a role in inception of the letter signed by intel officials that describe the hunter biden laptop story as disinformation a white house spokesperson attacking republicans on the judiciary committee, claiming that testimony was highly misleading and a selective whreek all of the accusations about hunter bide about and corruption within the biden administration, the president himself says his presidency is actually pretty dull. take a listen. putting on my sunglasses. so i can see [applause] as i told my distinguished friend from massachusetts and good friend senator marke
scheduled to meet with the justice department next week including delaware u.s. attorney david weiss who left the probe into hunter biden since 2018. the lawyers insists this meeting is nothing to do with fresh disclosures for an irs whistleblower who said the investigation to the president son is being mishandled. california public and congressman darrell issa on the right of your screen is standing by with reaction. first was going to look at thomason with the latest. jon, we could have a situation where hunter biden s lawyers are meeting with the justice department at the same time as his father president biden is announcing he s running for reelection next week. the white house is known to talk about any of this. are not going to talk about 2024 is going to look like you re not going to talk about that from here. an ap poll says 73% of americans do not want the oldest president in u.s. history to run again and the majority of democrats. biden would be 82 at the begi
i d be coming. it s so good to be back in ireland. forgive my poor attempt at irish. i m at home. i m at home. after my aged, as you can see how old i am, i have a little wisdom i have more experience than any president in american history. doesn t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses. president joe biden bringing some jokes with him during a speech yesterday to the irish parliament the president wraps up his visit to ireland today, marking 25 years since the good friday agreement, which ended decades of violence. meanwhile, at home, the fbi arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who is suspected of leaking national documents. we ll sort through how that young man got his hands on the documents. plus, florida governor ron desantis took a break from his nationwide book tour to sign an extreme abortion ban into law late last night. we will dig into the legislation, and how it could impact his potential presidential campaign. also ahead this mornin