that the nih did not support gain of function research for pathogen enhancement at wiv are untruthful. still, the nih and the white house say that they never approved research that would make viruses more dangerous to humans. a body of science demonstrateses that the work that nih supported were not the strain, covid 2 strain, so what he said was correct. congressional researchers say they re still pushing for more information regarding this to figure out what exactly taxpayers were funding through these grants. back to you. martha: a good question. thanks very much, rich edson. let s bring in david asher. he led the state department investigation under secretary pompeo, worked with that team to the origins of the virus and that probe was halted and never continued under this white house. there s revelations in they re