no problem coming out and lying the world. we just saw that with this chinese spy balloon. it s the nature of a communist dictatorship to lie to their own people, to lie to the world. that s republican senator dan sullivan of alaska responding to a new report from the energy department on the origins of covid. we ll take you through the latest developments in just a moment. plus, ukraine says it needs more fighter jets as the war entered its second year, but the pentagon and president biden do not appear ready yet to make that commitment. and meanwhile, the first lady seems to give away the president s plans for 2024. we ll show you what she said. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence th
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february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence that the virus likely originated from a lab leak in wuhan, china, however, it believes covid was not the result of a manmade bioweapon. the wall street journal was the first to report on this classified intelligence report recently given to the white house and key members of congress. yesterday national security adviser jake sullivan was asked about this development. did the coronavirus pandemic start in the lab? is that what they believe now? a number of them have said they don t have enough information to be sure. here s what i can tell you.
president biden has directed repeatedly every element of our intelligence community to put efforts and resources to getting behind the bottom of this question, and one of the things in that wall street journal report, which i can t confirm or deny, but i will say the reference to the department of energy, president biden specifically requested that the national labs, which are part of the department of energy, be brought in to this assessment because he wants to put every tools at use to be able to figure out what happened here, and if we gain any further insider information, we will share it with congress and with the american people, but right now there s not a definitive answer that s emerged thon question. there s no word whether any agency has put their weight behind a conclusion it has any confidence at all that it comes from a lab. that s the first time it s happened, but the situation remains murky as a source tells nbc news, the report is, quote,