called for more censorship and killing people by not censoring more views the covid misinformation, the opposite is true by alternative scientific and policy views, the public was denied a full debate over side effects and covid origins and other important issues. todd: brooke singman joins us live with the latest. good morning, the republicans demanding answers from the biden administration after the energy department reportedly admitted covid-19 originated in a chinese lab. the wall street journal with the exclusive report, the print don t make the new intelligence. a spokesperson for the energy department responding to the report to fox news saying the department continues with careful in objective work of intelligence professionals and investigating the origins of covid-19 as the president directed to. despite the energy department findings, top national security advisor spokesman james feldman said there is no definitive answer on the origins of covid-19. there
now turning the tables as we learn new leads on the biden family money trail. zero in on the remaining unknown biden who appears to have received $70,000 from the chinese electric company in a deal with the parent ties to the biden family enterprise. jonathan turley and joe concha standing by. first, we go to david spent who gist us the latest this afternoon on a friday from there on this case. hi, david. hi, martha. you mentioned aggressive. it s clear hunter biden s team has upped the ante. this counterclaim today it s a counter suit against this computer repair shop owner makes interesting observations and questions including questioning of who owned the laptop. i want to read this specific part. it s a foot note. it says this is not an admission by mr. biden that mack isaac, the shop owners or others possessed any real laptop containing data belonging to mr. biden. mr. biden says at some point matt isaac obtained electronically stored data some of which belongs to mr.
we will have more from anna on that story later. the uk government has suspended engagement with one of the country s leading business groups the cbi pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug abuse at the lobbying group. let s get the latest on this from our business editor simonjack. just talk to us about the allegations. they have been around this week, but today was quite a landmark moment in the uk government, saying, hang on, until you fix this, we don t want any part of it? ~ ., you fix this, we don t want any part of it? ~ . ,. ., you fix this, we don t want any part of it? ~ . , , ., of it? what i discovered earlier this morning of it? what i discovered earlier this morning is of it? what i discovered earlier this morning is that of it? what i discovered earlier this morning is that the - of it? what i discovered earlier i this morning is that the treasury, everyone from the chancellor, to ministers, to all officials down at hmt
welcome to bbc news. i m monika plaha. our top stories: protesters take to the streets in tel aviv, including outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem, after he fires his defence minister for condemning his controversial legal reforms. this sacking of israel s defence minister who spoke out against the legislation feels to many people here like a turning point. warnings of more severe weather in mississippi and neighbouring states, after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. we saw a trailer go up in the air, bang down like a pancake. it exploded. a migrant rescue ship funded by street artist banksy is seized by italian coast guards. and why people in lebanon have woken up in two rival time zones in a row over daylight saving. hello and welcome. we start in israel, where mass protests have been taking place in several cities after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant. mr gall