white house and key members of congress. reports the energy department now joins the federal bureau of investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a chinese laboratory the energy department conclusion is the result of eight new intelligence is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise in overseas network of laboratories but some of which conduct advanced biological research. that s a big 180 from the insistence of democrats and the media the lab leak theory was a conspiracy. cooks very, very strongly leaning towards this could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. just weeks ago doctor anthony fauci rejected the conspiracy was man-made in a lab in wuhan china. i get this with donald trump is still pushing the debunked. i m really sorry the lab leak has become such a distraction for so many people. because frankly we still don t know. there is no evidence of. escape from the lab it sounds like something from
of secret service communication. the agency admitted to the leading crucial tax from the day the capitol attack. the text messages themselves and many cases are gone. interesting. there are other forms of communication like teams messages, emails. i think if you look at what happened that day, you will see that there were secret service agents who were playing a hugely important very courageous role. i think that there are some who have not been forthcoming with the committee. we will learn more about that. joining me now is the congressional for the guardian and former u.s. attorney harry lippman. he is the host of talking feds podcast and legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times. your sense of how these new secret service materials might factor into wednesday s hearing? yeah, it s really interesting. we ve known for a couple of weeks know that the select committee got some microsoft teams group chats, they got more emails than they previously obtained earlier
here. reporter: well, this is the statement from buckingham palace on behalf of her majesty, the queen, which is in windsor castle where i am. the whole family is saddened to hear the full extent of the challenge it has been for meghan and harry. the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. while some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. so there are issues in terms of the racism claims, but they are suggesting that the recollections of those conversations differ. they ve obviously spoken to the person in the family or on the aides side of what they thought happened, and it doesn t match up, effectively, with what harry has been telling oprah winfrey in the u.s. they also point out that harry, meghan and archie will always be much-loved members of the family. what i heard also as far as background speaking to royal sources. they said they should be given the chance to discuss issues raised priv
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