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
putting women s lives at risk. plus, house republicans finally have their chance to hold hearings on their anti-fauci, anti-mask conspiracy theories. as a government report raises new questions about the origin of the virus. we begin the reidout tonight with history repeating itself, because here s the thing. when you try to erase it like the florida governor wants to do, you are doomed to repeat it. over the weekend, the new york times published a stunning account of more than 100 migrant children, largely from central america, who according to the times reporting, were working overnight shifts and dangerous jobs for companies large and small throughout the u.s. according to the report, children stitch made in america tags into j. crew shirts in los angeles. they bake dinner rolls sold at a walmart and target. process milk used in ben & jerry s ice cream, and helped debone chicken sold at whole foods as recently as this fall, middle schoolers made fruit of the loom s
controversial new bill and party line vote which could fundamentally reshape the way public institutions deal with transgender athletes in sports. the protection of women and girls in sports act aims to amend title 9 definition of gender, making the criteria based solely on a person s biological sex at the time of birth. that new definition would effectiv bar transgender women from come beating in ufrnts across america. while it is a win for female athletes, the white house says it will be dead on arrival. if it hits the president s desk, he will sri tow it. at a time transgender youth face a nationwide mental health crisis, a national law that further stigmatizes these children is completely unnecessary. hurts families and students and only puts students at greater risk. the president presented with hr734 said he would veto it. house speaker kevin mccarthy speaking on the bill s passing on the capitol steps moments ago. there s a reason title 9 was created, there s a reaso
and george santos speaks. let s start with president biden on the ground. and now in california. landing early on his first visit to see the huge amount of damage from those who have been affected by the storms in that state. our team is there live. also this hour, an interview you will see here first. the district attorney of santa fe talking with nbc news after her stunning announcement. what she is saying about charging actor alec baldwin with manslaughter in that deadly movie set shooting. plus, news from back here on capitol hill. george santos responding to a trifecta of stories that kind of don t seem to add up. we re talking drag queen, a military veteran, a denial over a dying dog. we ve got a lot to get to from here in washington and around the country. we ll get to some of the stories in a moment but we want to start with breaking news out of the supreme court. here is the headline. the court says it is not able to identify the person or persons, plural, wh
elon musk has offered to buy the company again that his original price of 44 billion. apparently twitter threw in a set of nonstick pans and that sealed the deal. the media pulling out what s left of their hair. cue the montage. hesitate even ask what good elon musk be thinking? recipe for disaster. he wants to remove some of the guardrails for free speech. being more open to free speech? it s kind of a hot mess. sometimes he trolls. i don t know how he s going to run this company. have you ever been to a wedding. they really shouldn t be getting married. this is not going to work out. greg: i don t think that s going to happen anytime soon in your future. was that mean? good. before elon musk tried to back out of it claiming twitter was not forthright about the number of spam accounts on the site especially fake ones like everyone loves brian kilmeade 2019. come on. both sides were due in court in a few weeks to hash this out but now elon musk can own the compa