congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what some lawmakers want to do about that now. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. in a very rare public appearance. the chiefs of the fbi, the cia. nsa and odni and d.e.a. all came together on capitol hill to hand over their annual threat assessment to lawmakers. and it covered a wide variety of topics from the russia war on ukraine to iran s nuclear program, but china, they say, is the most consequential threat to america s national security right now. and lawmakers grilled them on this app. tiktok which even intel officials admit screams national security concerns. it may be the beginning of the end for tiktok as the nation s top intelligence officials testified on capitol hill about the dangers of the chinese-owned app. at a hearing on threats around the world. could they use tiktok to control data on millions of users? yes. could they use it to control the software on millions of devices given the
local teachers union. they had made her the poster child of a secret meeting on threats to public education. her offense? asking about the curriculum. sandra: welcome back. as america reports rolls into a second hour, i am sandra smith in new york and john, great to be back with you. john: good to have you, sandra, i am john roberts in washington. we will talk to that mom who says the union harassed her for asking basic questions. she is now fighting for air know my parents rights in education. we begin with this fox news alert. many of the breadcrumbs lead to the lab where very few actually lead to nature, if any. if we don t do it, no one will. sandra: that was the chairman of the house covid origin committee, he joined us last hour, right after the committee s first hearing wrap. he says it looks like all roads lead to a lab leak but some democrats, including the white house, are not buying it. they say the evidence remains inconclusive. john: that hearing come
dangerous path by pushing unfounded conspiracies about dr. fauci and other long serving career public health officials. dr. fauci was not at today s hearing. he told the new york times he was not on the invite list. it is certainly possible he could attend future hearings. there has been a lot of talk about him, providing more context about what he learned when he was in government service and recently spoke to the boston globe, john, and fauci said it is still possible in his view we may never know for sure where this virus first originated. john? john: yeah, he has said that a couple of times now, which seems to be odd. he would think the former chief virologist of this nation would want to turn over every stone to figure out where this came from. mark meredith for us at the white house. sandra? sandra: republican senator tom cotton joining us now. senator, i cannot imagine that sits well with the american people, being told you know what? maybe we will never get to the bot
dangerous path by pushing unfounded conspiracies about dr. fauci and other long serving career public health officials. sources tell fox news dr. fauci was not invited to today s hearing; however, the committee has requested a transcribed interview with him. meantime the white house says the intelligence community is still investigating covid s origin and that despite multiple people pointing fingers no final conclusions have been reached. bret? bret: mark meredith in the white house briefing room. thanks. stocks were mixed today. the dow lost 58. the s&p 500 was up 6. the nasdaq gained 46. up next, brit hume has analysis of today s big stories and a thought about a big story getting a lot of attention. and, later, senators joe manchin and mike braun join us for this week s common ground here on set. first, here s what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york cell phone video shows around 20 teenagers walking into a queens restaurant cau