report concludes that is likely how the pandemic first began. in a house select committee heard testimony today from a former top u.s. intel official that a chinese lab leak is the only explanation. our money to a lab in china that wasn t up to code that was doing gain of function research and that s where this thing came from. that s what they didn t want us to know. do you agree with that mr. ratcliffe. i do agree with that. communist china the target of bipartisan criticism in washington on tuesday. china has not been forthcoming. where a house select committee held a hearing on the origins of covid-19. i can very well argue the lab leak theory because, you know, china cannot cooperate. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, who began his term two months into the pandemic, also pointing the finger at china. a lab leak is the only explanation credit dibly supported by our intelligence, by science, and by common sense. the chinese embassy
that s a fact. that s not a.i. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. today s house oversight hearing looking at the chaotic withdrawal of kabul and the way it was handled that allowed u.s. military equipment to fall into the hands of the taliban, destabilizing the entire region and resulting in the deaths of 13 u.s. service members and hundreds of americans left behind. a separate hearing on afghanistan yesterday taking direct aim at previous denials of the chaos by the white house. denials like this. and so for all this talk of chaos, i didn t see it. not from my perch. at one point during the evacuation there was an aircraft taking off full of people americans and afghans alike every 48 mission and not one mission was missed. i don t buy whole argument of chaos, i m sorry. administration continues to downplay what happened is an insult to the service members sitting here and throughout the united states of america. one doesn t have to see the horrific images or footage
that stepped in to help them. garrett tenney has the story and fallout in chicago now. garrett, hello. this was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway for this young couple. instead it turned into a nightmare. they just finished up shopping around the magnificent mile area saturday night heading to dinner when a crowd of a few dozen teenagers blocked their path, knocked ashley to the ground, started pummeling d.j. and then robbed them both. here is some of what they told sandra smith. everything went crazy. they said they were going to kill us. they turned around and started fighting. i have a black eye, my face is messed up. shoulder is pretty sore. it is out of place or something. my back sore and my nose. the couple says things could have turned out a lot worse if it wasn t for a good samaritan who stepped in.
couple tells fox news they were heading to dinner during a weekend trip to the city when the mob blocked their path, knocked ashley to the ground, started pummeling d.j. and robbed them both. i got pulled from behind like from my neck and i fell to the ground. and that s when they all went to d.j. we had our shoes taken off our feet. our phones taken. despite videos like that, some local leaders continue to defend the young people who flooded chicago s downtown saturday and blamed the city for what happened. i don t justify this behavior. but think about this, would they be downtown if they had things in their own community? but ashley and d.j. disagree. these kids are taking it as a joke. it s not a joke. damn. i want to warn other tourists as well you can t just walk down the street. disperse. some local democrats are firing back at the mayor elect and others who they say are legitimizing this kind of criminal behavior. when you hear the response that the mayor el