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
nicholas burns, adding to this when he said that china will have to do more to explain the origins of this. already, chinese state media blasting him for those comments. wolf? ivan waltson in hong kong. let s discuss this and more with a key member of the house intelligence committee and the ranking member on the select committee on china, democratic congressman, ra gentleman raja christian murthy, how much energy do you give this that covid resulted from a lab leak? it was one of eight to ten assessments, so it has to be taken seriously, but in context of the others, it did come in as low confidence. all of that being said, i think that the committee that is studying this in depth, which is the special select committee on the coronavirus, which is a subcommittee of the oversight committee will continue to look