Silence speaks volumes. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Now, right down to the spooky staging, we have seen how the white House Springs into action when it needs joe biden to go out and condemn americans. Well, the americans who didnt vote for him. This maga threat, a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. Its also a threat to the character of our nation. Laura as pathetic as it all came off at the time, biden did have his Talking Points down pat. And the entire cabinet, remember, they were on board as well. Maga extremist, mega maga extremist. But as prohamas protesters just engulf universities, destroying campus life, suddenly the white house cant find a coherent set of Talking Points . Yeah. Kjp today said well, we have spoken out against hate. Well, the real reason that we havent heard a peep from joe biden, im going to spell it out for you. Panic. From axios, the unofficial mouthpiece of the establishment says democrats enter panic mode as Gaza Protests
both hypothesis including the lab leak they ended up hurting the credibility of science. dana: the debate over the origins of covid and credibility of our health officials leading the charge comes back today. dr. fauci is about to testify before a house panel on his response to the virus in his first public testimony in nearly two years. remarkable. it has been two years. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. i thought dr. redfield was very interesting last hour. i m bill hemmer. the pandemic may be officially over but the world may never fully recover from the damage it posed. a lot of questions finally getting more pointed. republicans on that committee are digging into the lab in wuhan china and whether a key fauci advisor was looking to evade laws, a cover-up. dana: the founder of public vcc. you follow it closely. i want to play some sound from democratic lawmakers questioning the conduct of dr. morens last week. what
after covid-19 pandemic, did you speak to the f.b.i., c.i.a., d.i.a. , or any u.s. intelligence agency concerning viral research of any kind? i can t give you the specifics of it but back in the time of the anthrax attacks, we certainly had a number of briefings of by agencies that were intelligence agencies. i don t remember who they were. it could have been any of the above you mentioned about the possibility there were bioweapons that had fallen into the hands of bad actors, i.e. terrorists, that might have been used potentially as a bio terror attack. that was at a time when we had thought that the anthrax i appreciate your expertise in that. that s the answer. but did you at any time talk to concerning viral research of
process. does it concern you that u.s. taxpayer dollars would be going to someone who is a high ranking chinese pla official, yes or no? i would have to know more about that. i don t even know the person you are talking about. were aware that the u.s. state department in 2005 issued warnings the chinese government was working on the creation of bioweapons? i was not aware of that. did you ever discuss the chinese bioweapons program with anyone in the intelligence community? i have never discussed the chinese bioweapons program to my knowledge with anybody. before, during or after the covid-19 pandemic, did you speak to the f.b.i., c.i.a., d.i.a. or any u.s. intelligence agency concerning viral research of any kind? what time frame are you talking about, sir? i said before, during, or
in china, the chinese communist party has blocked access to information that could help confirm the origin of the virus. this committee should be doing more to fight for those answers but instead has wasted significant time and taxpayer money fueling conspiracy theories and ignoring the importance of preparing for the next deadly pandemic. some gop members falsely claimed you secretly broke into c.i.a. headquarters and coerced analysts. others claim you committed crimes. america s adversaries like china, russia, and iran love it when americans are divided and distracted. it provided fertile ground for the spread of misinformation of covid by our adversaries and unfortunately fringe far right conspiracy theories have permeated mainstream media