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
those detention centers as fast as possible. what they didn t do, according to the new york times investigation, is they didn t follow up to see where those kids were sent and what they were doing. and then when they were warned and told about it, they didn t act either. so, that s why it s doublely bad. doug, what do you say. every political scandal regardless of party or what the issue is always boils down to what did the person know and when did they know it. we know they have known a long time and failed toibility a. big problem both in policy and in politics. gillian: let s switch gears for a second. josh, president biden is reacting to the speaker s visit to wall street to week. he is criticizing and telling him the wealthy and powerful on wall street it was finally time for them to start paying their fair share of taxes. takes a lot of guts for the president to do. passed a tax bill on all democratic votes by themselves could have put a tax on anybody. they chose not t