we did not fund a gain-of-function research at the wuhan institute of virology. i keep an open mind as to what the origin is. the cdc was responsible for those kinds of guidelines to schools, not me. would you have any reason to cover up any new scientific evidence relating to the origins of the covid-19 virus? absolutely not. john: a live look at capitol hill where dr. anthony fauci, the face of the federal response to the covid pandemic, as testifying publicly for the very first time since retiring from government service. it s been quite a hearing so far. hello, i m john roberts in washington. it begins a new week, sandra. sandra: welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. they ve been pressing fauci on everything, from gain-of-function research to what triggered the outbreak in the first place. john: 16 is quick to deny allegations he tried to cover up the possibility that the pandemic originated from a laboratory in china,
almost all i think all of the potential jurors said they were aware of the case, they read about this in news stories. one woman, juror 24, said she has strong feelings about guns. she s heard about the case, followed along with it. she was also suddenly with a separate tax evasion case. there s a former wilmington police officer in the mix, believed the fbi press keys over politics, mentioned the steele dossier, when he was asked about politics specifically. so the other note is how quickly they are moving along here, john, and are produced in the room also saying as they went to break that they could still there is still a possibility that they could go into opening arguments today. but the judge has not made any comments specifically to the scheduling yet. john: interesting to note, as well, first lady jill biden was in the courtroom. she seems to have since departed. and that the president spent the