lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 report with this claim, saying it made the new conclusion, based on new evidence coming to light. two sources telling cnn the department is issuing the report with, quote, low confidence. that s a term that doesn t mean that they don t believe their own conclusion. it means that the evidence as of now is only circumstantial. the new assertion reveals that the u.s. intelligence community is more divided than ever on how the pandemic began. four other agencies in the u.s. government said the outbr
in our national lead in, new warning in the wake of the ohio train disaster. pete buttigieg said not one of the major rail companies in the u.s. participates in the confidential close call reporting system. that program would allow workers to voluntarily report hazards that could lead to a derailment. if know rail ceos respond with plans to participate by the end of the week, buttigieg says that he will publicly call them out. this warning comes as crews in east palestine, ohio started hauling away contaminated soil and liquid but as cnn s miguel marquez reports leaders in other parts of the country are concerned where that toxic material is going. reporter: federal teams going door to door in east palestine conducting health surveillance over a dozen wells being drilled around the site to track where the chemical underground water may be moving.