it is classified for two years in the democrat majority. and one period on the origins of covid. we promise our commitment to america. there are tens of millions if not hundreds that cannot leave the next thing a scientist working for the government says that is dangerous. todd: that is the worry and brooke singman live in new york, brooke. that is right. today there is a pair of hearings on capitol hill 1:10 a.m. with the foreign affairs committee and also later tonight prime time hearing for the china select hearing. take a listen to this. the president made trying to find the origins of covid a priority when he came into office and he has done a whole government effort designed to do that. there is not a consensus right now in the u.s. government about how exactly it started. there is just not just not in the intelligence community consensus. ashley: white house karine jean-pierre document assertions that leave the lab leak theory or conspiracy theorist. listen.
in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
line and the use of the word violence. lighting court houses and schools on fire. it was mostly peaceful. speak with the domestic policy reversal regarding the ukraine. the equivalent of one ukrainian tank. what is our goal? i don t see any path to drive russia out. check out the bottom right of your screen. who order the burrito? i like how the referee is talking to him, like how cool is this supposed to be? steve: that look so pretty. let the good times roll on this thursday. live from virginia beach. you know what, you see that and wouldn t it be nice to walk along the beach and stick your toes in the water? absolutely! they are wearing wet suits because currently it is 47 degrees down there, daytime high of 53. they want to stay warm here they don t want to freeze to death. welcome live in new york city where here in midtown manhattan, it is currently 42 degrees on this 26th day of january. if you are doing dry january, it has been 26 days. just hang on,
going to have to carry. future historians are going to have a hard time understanding how you are, how you ever even became mayor of the city of chicago. i hope that you realize what damage you have done to the city. i hope that after today s city council meeting, you will pack your suitcase and get the hell out of my city and getting the hell out of office, that s for sure. william j. kelley is a journalist in chicago. he joins us now. william, great to have you on the program. i can t help but notice that was a city council meeting. it wasn t a press briefing. it wasn t q&a. that looked like a public comment. why was that? the circumstance of your statement to mayor lori lightfoot? absolutely. thank you so much for having me. well, well, yeah. like everything else in the city of chicago now, it s mission impossible meets kobayashi maru. we had traditionally mayor who would do a press conference
thank you, my friend. all right. chicago mayor lori lightfoot is on her way out the door. a lot of people are thrilled about that, including chicago journalist william j. kelly . he just unloaded on lori lightfoot at a city council. you ve got to see that here that he s going to be with us straight ahead. your windom this week when bucket list need checking points, need redeeming work trips, need crushing or trips, need crushing or anniversaries, need celebrating . no matter who yowithu are, 24 t you re going or whway with tweny four trusted brands by women to choose from your wyndham s waiting get the lowest price at windom, hotels.com and your little hand in mine. there i am on how we can find