and millions more worldwide. now new revelations about the mysterious origin of covid. mark esper is here live. f-16s are not the key capability of that offensive. sean penn pleads with president biden to send fighter jets to ukraine or the actor says there will be, quote, blood on our hands. sean penn joins me and president xi and his military leadership have doubts today about whether they could accomplish that invasion. and china, russia and the united states reach a critical point in the ukraine war, the cia says beijing is having second thoughts about potentially invading taiwan and a significant admission from the head of fox news, acknowledging the host on his network promoted election lies. what this means for the billion dollar lawsuit against fox news. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a special edition of t the situation room. tonight, new questions around the center of the co
doubts today. about whether they could accomplish that invasion. as china, russia, united states reached a critical point in the ukraine war. the cia says beijing s having second thoughts about potentially invading taiwan. and a significant from the head of fox move. rupert murdoch acknowledging the hosts on his network promoted election lies. what this means for the billion dollar lawsuit against fox news. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the. world i m wolf blitzer and this is a special edition of the situation room. tonight, major new questions right at the center of a deadly coronavirus pandemic. that may change so many lives. where did covid-19 come from? the white house weighing in the same thing on the u.s. energy departments assessment. that the lethal virus most likely came from a lab leak in china. emphasis on the caveat here. cnn sources tell us that the assessment comes with quote, low confidence. tonight they say withi
ultimately with ukrainians has they trained into it, all of that told is a very small part of what we re talking about when we re talking about $30 billion. how concerned are you when you hear the growing criticism coming from some republicans over what they call a blank check to ukraine, including from a top potential contender for the republican presidential nomination, governor ron desantis? well, much more intelligent people than myself or governor ron desantis, you know, can speak to the way in which we will actually be saving not only lives but money in the long term. and we know the food security issues for so much of the world that exist, the costs that are tied to a protracted war are far greater than what it would cost to do exactly what needs to be done today. you, of course, just released
growing criticism coming from some republicans over what they call a blank check to ukraine, including from a top potential contender for the republican presidential nomination, governor ron desantis? , while much more intelligent people than myself, for governor ron desantis. they can speak to the way in which we will actually be saving, not only lives but money in the long term. we know the food security issues for so much of the world that exists, the costs, that are tied to a protracted war are far greater than what it would cost to do exactly what needs to be done today. you just released a documentary entitled, superpower, chronicling the warren president zelenskyy s leadership. what is president zelenskyy s mindset as this war