covid-19 pandemic. that s according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or it s too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. president biden specifically requested that the national labs which are part of the department of energy be brought into this assessment. because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. we need to do extensive hearings. i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that. i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. steven jiang live from beijing with the
here we go. one house. two of them. yeah, hit two houses. wow. right? good morning, everyone. good monday morning. good weekend? good weekend. monday though. arg. you ll get there. we re glad you re with us. we start with weather. there is a dangerous winter storm dumping quite a bit of snow on southern california. that s right. southern california. and unleashing tornadoes as it heads east. we re tracking the severe weather threat. also this we re confident that the chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. there s growing concern this morning that china may be ready to provide weapons to russia. could it be a game changer on the battlefields in ukraine? what s ahead the cia is saying. house republicans taking aim at the biden administration s handling of a toxic train disaster in ohio. what we re hearing about investigation ands hearings on capitol hill. but we begin with the winter storm tearing across the nation right now.
vibe. jesus revolution beat predictions for a $15 million open. spacex counting down overnight only to scrub the launch. 2 minutes 30 seconds. countdown hold, hold, hold. we re standing down due to tea-teb issues. there was a problem with the fluid to launch the rocket, the rocket is set for tomorrow if the issue is resolved in time. thanks for joining me, i m christine romans this monday morning. cnn this morning starts right now. power company out here. oh, yeah, look.
and any american says, look, i m not a woman, that doesn t affect me, i m not black, that doesn t affect me, i m not gay, that doesn t affect me. once you allow this kind of extreme power to take hold, you have no idea who they will come for next. hillary clinton weighing in there. we ll continue to follow that. of course as there are more developments. we want to look at the economy today. 428,000 new jobs added in april. that does beat predictions slightly. the u.s. is really beginning to see a slowdown in job growth. the economists expected the unemployment rate to fall to a new pandemic era low. it did hold steed at 3.6%, pretty good. labor secretary marty walsh, nice to have you back with us today. this is the 12th straight month that the u.s. added 12,000 jobs