responsible for the disposal of waste materials. now disposal sites in the transfer of contaminants will be subject to epa oversight, a live report straight ahead. but first the wall street journal reports the u.s. energy department has joined the fbi assessment that covid-19 most likely originated from a lab leak in china. the department was previously undecided on how the virus emerged. all of this as fox pulling shows president biden underwater when it comes to the job performance. lucas tomlinson live in the white house with details on the stories. president biden s national security advisor jake sullivan refusing to confirm or deny the classified report, he spoke earlier. there is a variety of views in the intelligence community, some of the religious community have reached conclusions on one side and some on the other and never have said they don t have enough information to be sure. house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul releasing a statement a s
hi, are othello. the epa previously said nor folk southern was completely responsible for cleanup efforts. now the agency says they will review. it is set to start in minutes. we will go to senior correspondent live. communications breakdown has a cleanup stalled in a bunch of contaminated soil and water stuck with nowhere to go. particularly the water used to fight the fires was supposed to go till waste disposal company outside of houston. half a million gallons already delivered. a judge in harris county texas said no one told local leadership and until they can learn all the details harris county will not take anymore east palestinian water. one thing that i want to share that i think the public should know is that i learned about this, not from a regulatory agency, not from the company, but from a member of the press and that is unacceptable. a lot of the soil, 15 truckloads, 210 tons went to a disposable facility in wayne county commission. they also were not in
shoot down that chinese flight as soon as possible. the pentagon waited until safely over the atlantic. now there are more questions about why the white house did not brief the public about the situation with the present did not act sooner senator marco rubio believes try to use the aircraft to send a larger message. is not a coincidence this happens leading up to state of the union address. leading up to blinken s visit to china. chinese do this to be spotted they knew we would have to react to it as just a bullet it s a message to try to sum the world that we can do whatever we want in america cannot stop us. arthel: fox team coverage for you bright alexandria hoff has more reaction from lawmakers in china as charles watson, he is in south carolina with an eyewitness account of the shoot damper first up lucas tomlinson life in the white house with the reporting, lucas would you have? u.s. navy s dispatch three warships to calm the waters off of south carolina salvage cr
official misconduct and officia oppression. there are facing a minimum of 6 years behind bars. four of the five cops were released on bond this morning. here is what police are telling us. under an re seven, ronna mc daniel nichols vehicle was pulled over for reckless driving . the police chief says there was a physical altercation in the cops tried. nichols out of the car. pepper spray was deployed, and nichols took off on foot. there was a foot pursuit, and officers then apprehended him a a different location and anothe confrontation occurred. nichols was arrested. the police chief says the level of aggression from police at that point is unexplainable. this happened a few blocks from nichols home, and he died three days later in the hospital on january 10th. here s what we don t know. the police chief says she is no sure why the cops stopped him i the first place. it s unclear how far nichols ram , how police apprehended him, and how long the confrontation lasted. we are
police chief calling the footage horrifying and discussing. all five memphis officers involved have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and other felonies. the incident happening this month on january 7th, when 29-year-old was pulled over for a suspicion of reckless driving. the initial confi a confrontatin occurred and then he fled the scene and later a confrontation happened and the officers arrested him. he died three days later on january 10th. the following week, memphis police launched the investigation as did the doj. january 20th, the five officers were fired and arrested yesterday. cities are preparing for unrest, tyree nichols mom is pleading the supporters to protest peacefully. i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets because that s not what my son stood for. if you guys are here for me and tyree, then you will protest peacefully! you can get your point across, but you don