Plus a statesponsored hijacking. A Strongman Regime forcing an airline down in order to take a man into custody. Vaccine lottery, hear why one representative thinks its a frivolous use of Taxpayer Dollars. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. It is monday, may 24th, and this morning the mystery deepens surrounding the Yore Gins of the Coronavirus Pandemic. According to a u. S. Intelligence report, several scientists at a lab in wuhan, china, became so sick, they had to become hospitalized with an illness. That was in November 2019 before the pandemic began. The severity of their symptoms adds fuel to the debate over how the pandemic began. Overnight the chinese government refuted the latest Intelligence Report saying the u. S. Was hyping the Lab Leak Theory and questioning motivations. Joining us is one of the reporters who broke this story overnight. Warren, thanks so much for being with us. Congratulations on the huge story. Intelligence says Lab Scientis
Intelligence report found several researchers at chinas wuhan institute of virologist, a lab in wuhan fell ill in 2019 and had to be hospitalized, a whole month before china reported its first case officially of covid19. The important new detail here, the researchers had to be hospitalized. Thats right. They were severely ill. The trump Administrations State Department in january of this year released a Fact Sheet that said chinese researchers had gotten sick in the fall of 2019. This intelligence they were sick enough to seek Hospital Care shortly before the confirmed outbreak, well, It Add to demands for broader investigation into the origins of the virus and for greater transparency from the chinese government. With the reporting this morning, our natasha and david. Lets start with natasha. The Intelligence Community has believed and continues to believe and have, in their word, low confidence, on the virus precise origin. Does it give them anymore confidence . Yeah, poppy. What we
Republican Congresswoman Marge R retaylor green complaining on a conservative podcast how House Speaker Nancy pelosi is keeping a Mask Mandate in place for the house floor. You know, we can look Back in a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to Gas Chambers in nazi germany. This is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about. Greenes comments have been met with harsh criticism. Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney calling them evil lunacy. And democratic Congressman Gym Mcgovern says greene should resign. But last night when greene was asked about the comments she doubled down. So i stand by all of my statements, i said nothing wrong and i think any rational jewish person didnt like what happened in nazi germany, and any rational jewish person doesnt like whats happening with overbearing Mask Mandates and overbearing vaccine policies. Do
Overbearing Mask Mandates and vaccine policies. Do you understand why some would be upset and offended by the comment . Do you understand how people feel about being forced to wear mask or forced to have to take a vaccine or even have to say that whether they have taken it or not . It shouldnt be happening in america. This is a free country. Theres Kno Equivalence but heres the original comment that sparked all of this. We can look back in a time in history where people were told to wear a Gold Star and they were definitely treated like second class citizens so much so that they were putt in trains and taken to Gas Chambers in Nazi Germany and this is the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about. Cnn Suzanne Malveaux on Capitol Hill for us. How are members of Congress Responding . Lawmakers are speaking out but we are not seeing much from the Gop Leadership at this point. Reporter you absolutely right. Theres very little appetite it seems to punish her for these comments or to
The power grid strained across 14 states tonight, forcing rolling blackouts. And this next storm coming. D. C. , philadelphia, new york city, boston, all preparing for this one, too. Our team across the country and ginger zee timing out this new storm. All of this as deadly tornadoes strike, too. An ef3 Touching Down in North Carolina. Winds up to 160 miles per hour. An ef2 Touching Down in georgia. Also news on the coronavirus tonight. New fema Mass Vaccination Sites opening. Still questions about Vaccine Supply. And tonight, the shifting timeline. Dr. Anthony fauci on how long before most americans will have access to a vaccine. And why did this appear to shift by another month . And the warning about Covid Variants in this country and what could still be coming. President biden making his First Official trip outside washington tonight, traveling to wisconsin, hoping the country will turn the page after the Impeachment Trial and turn back to his covid relief plan, including 1,400 rel