possible. well, we are optimistic both senator scott and senator graham talked to the family for over an hour, talking about how they re making progress, how both sides of the aisle are at the table and they are trying to define specific terms because they feel that they are close, the closest they have ever been, so we want to encourage them in the spirit of this day. meantime, in louisiana a police officer involved in the death of another black man has been fired for using excessive force in a separate incident. ronald greene died in may 2019. body cam footage shows officers tasing and repeatedly beating him. police had said he was killed in a car accident and now greene s family is alleging a cover up. a warning, our report from brian todd contains some graphic
perspective, possibly. the issue is the science has been pushed aside, even from the w.h.o. field mission and it s become so heavily politicized, anderson, that w.h.o. field mission that was here in january. and we were down in wuhan around the same time. is facing a lot of scrutiny. in part, because of the heavy-chinese influence that that team has undergone and and connections that have been questioned for some of the members who were even tied to the wuhan institute of virology before the outbreak. so i think the geopolitical aspect of this is pushing aside any sort of concrete answers from the science angle. yeah. dr. wen, david culver, appreciate it. thanks. up next, you have likely seen that deadly encounter between louisiana a state troopers and ronald greene, a black man who was punched, kicked, tased two years ago. remarkably similar set of circumstances, one of the same officers involved in that assault was involved in another one and we ll speak to the man who he alleg
war. martha: so secretary of defense and the secretary of state there but there were also some other people providing congress with some information today voluntarily. outspoken trump critic and former cia director john brennan acted sort of like a second opinion of sorts on this issue in his visit to the hill despite his previous misinformation that he admitted to on the mueller probe. i don t know if i received that information, but i think i suspected that there was more than there actually was. martha: here now republican senator john kennedy of louisiana a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator kennedy great to have you here today. thank you very much. you know, what was john brennan doing on the hill today? in my judgment, martha, mr. brennan needs to take off his tin hat and get a job. he has lost his security clearance. the only thing he s well-versed in is the stuff he makes up.
kavanaugh does not get confirmed that there will be much more a meeting of the minds and that we will be able to get back to an advice and consent process. dana: that was democratic senator maizy hirono. the hawaiian lawmaker says democrats could keep the seat enfor two years if brett kavanaugh s nomination fails and the party takes control of the senate in november. let s hear from the other side john kennedy of louisiana a member of the judiciary committee. we do have information, sir, that senator grassley has said that they would send staff to dr. ford s home or any place she wants in california if that would make her feel better. do you think she will take them up on that offer? i hope so we have done everything we can to try to accommodate dr. ford. either her or her lawyers
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