up about one year later to the senate with his hands very bruised and it is still kind of unclear as to what caused that. the condition of the minority leader remains unknown and we will keep you up to speed as the show goes on. also breaking right now, three police officers in los angeles have been shot in the line of duty after some sort of standoff with a barricaded suspect. a tactical alert has been issued to, which is another phrase for all hands on deck. this happened in lincoln heights which is near downtown los angeles, primarily an asian hispanic area. we are told they responded to a call and someone open fired and somebody involved in a standoff. the police officers were taken to usc medical center, a level 1 trauma center that s good news. we are being told that we don t know exactly what the injuries are and we are being told all three officers are expected to survive. we ll have breaking information on that as well as the show moves on. now to our other top story
happening now, new fears that russia s war against ukraine is about to get a very serious boost from china. i ll acquit white house national security official john kirby whether beijing is actively considering sending lethal aid to putin s forces. also tonight, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is stirring up major controversy. we ll tell you why the u.s. energy department now believes the virus likely emerged from a chinese lab. and breaking news, new legal filings in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news. the fox chairman rupert murdoch admitting underoath that popular tv hosts endorsed false claims about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the deepening alliance between russia and china sending chills throughout the u.s. intelligence community. our senior national secur
lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 report with this claim, saying it made the new conclusion, based on new evidence coming to light. two sources telling cnn the department is issuing the report with, quote, low confidence. that s a term that doesn t mean that they don t believe their own conclusion. it means that the evidence as of now is only circumstantial. the new assertion reveals that the u.s. intelligence community is more divided than ever on how the pandemic began. four other agencies in the u.s. government said the outbr
overtime. the heat had a two point lead in the extra period. and with time winding down, bucks didn t get a shot off. just a stunner in this one as miami wins it in five. listen to what janiceuary giann when asked if he thinks this season with was a failure for the bucks? do you get a promotion every year? no. so you work hard. yes or no? no. every year you work, you work towards something, towards a goal. and i did which is to get a promotion, to be able to take care of your family, to able i don t know, provide the house for them or take care of your parents. you work towards a goal. its no the failure. it s steps to success. so strong words there from giannis. heat now going to face the knicks in round number two. the knicks winning a series for just the second time in 23 years. much fans pretty excited there in manhattan. oh, yeah. going to be epic. caitlyn is excited. poppy is also excited. cnn this morning continues right now. thanks, andy. the nationa