outbreak on a coronavirus variant. cnn has previously reported that the lab was studying coronaviruses in bats but it is unclear how closely related the variants were to the strain which started the pandemic. as for the energy department s new assessment, it is described as low confidence and a minority view apparently within the intelligence community. that said, it sparked new calls today from transparency from china. we would wish to see from the prc a greater degree of responsibility, a greater acknowledgment that it is in the interests of the chinese people, yes, we better understand the origins of covid-19, but it is in the or to understand the origins of covid-19. today s development also prompted to leading house republicans to send letters demanding the state department of energy and the fbi to provide testimony and documents related to the ongoing probe of the ten pandemics origin. china s foreign minister also weighed in, calling on relevant parties to quote,
it s over. it is over. and the kansas city chiefs have won it. whoo! it s my hometown! okay. so i was really torn about this one. you know why, right? i love mahomes. and joe burrow. i like both of them. i was really torn. i just kept rewatching it and rewatching. we re not talking about the vikings. i know. are you a mind reader this morning? how long have i known you? patrick mahomes did that on one good ankle is incredible. did you see him hopping around. he had that high ankle sprain eight days ago. amazing he played that well. we re on tv right now. good morning. good morning, everyone. for the first time in super bowl history, two black quarterbacks will lead their teams in the big game. so who s the favorite and who s the underdog? we re going to have much more on this story. we ll have that in just a moment. also, taking a turn here, new questions this morning in memphis. will the death of tyre nichols lead to actual federal nationwide police
ukraine for what the kremlin expected would be a quick and easy takeover of the country. what they unleashed instead was the largest land conflict in europe since the second world war, and some of the widest spread killing of noncombatants since world war ii as well . [ bleep ]. shit, shit. shit. shit. all right. stay down. all right. no, no, no. [ bleep ]. come on! that video of a russian mortar attack on fleeing civilians in irpin came just two weeks into the invasion. since then we ve seen graphic evidence of other russian war crimes, including the summary shooting of civilians in bucha and elsewhere. upwards of 800 attacks on hospitals and other health care facilities, according to the world health organization, and the pummelling of cities like mariupol, where the russian shelling and air strikes reduced residential neighborhoods to moonscapes. according to the united nations, more than eight million ukrainians have been forced to flee the country. millions mor
nichols. the full videos, released last night, show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29 year old, and i want to warn you, what you re about to watch is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged reckless driving. police are then seen yanking nichols from his car, chasing, kicking him, using pepper spray and batons. nichols, unarmed, cries out for his mother at one point. he died from his injuries three days later in the hospital, and those videos sparking largely peaceful protests all across the country. earlier this week the five officers involved were charged with second degree murder, and now after this video has come out two officers from a different department who are also on scene that night have been put on leave pending an investigation into their conduct. cnn s boris sanchez breaks down these newly released videos. again, a warning for you, they re very graphic. reporter: tyre nichols sc
of the fox corporation to settle defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems continue today. fox will pay dominion a record $787.5 million, while fox news was largely silent on the massive payouts. senate majority leader chuck schumer was not rupert murdoch s legacy is forever sealed as the network that sought to undermine american democracy. one prime time segment. at a time and dominion isn t done either they have pending lawsuits against the right wing networks, o a n and newsmax as well as against allies of the former president rudy giuliani, mike lindell and sidney powell. in a moment, we re going to talk to former fox anchor gretchen carlson in her first interview since the settlement, but before we do, it is worth noting that fox is legal jeopardy is far from over the voting technology companies . smartmatic is suing the network for $2.7 billion for they say we re over 100 false and misleading on your statement. it s about them. and fox also faces the very re