i think that s what has parents so concerned. shannon: certainly set up a very interesting conversation about media interest and what is going on. i also want to ask you because it s something the house republicans have been on for well over a year, looking at the situation with research into the wuhan institute. reporting on this, they say that nih admits to says eco-help violated reporting requirements. top nih official admitted in a wednesday letter that u.s. taxpayers funded research on it and move on and the u.s. nonprofit funneled nih money to the wuhan institute of virology was not transparent about the work he was doing. i don t think the letter ever uses gain of function, their experts who say they are saying what equates to that and there was no link to this. a coronavirus that causes covid-19 but some admissions there that seem like information we have not had before.
house said you can go out and get some food and be back by 7:00 p.m. okay. that s not necessarily a bomb dropping on syria tonight. it became clear as the night went on on this is what would be happening as they started to gather us again as it got closer to 9:00 p.m. it felt like on a friday night something was happening at this point. these are precision strikes. that was the word president trump used. and we re talking about the larger scale that president trump wanted, you could feel that shift throughout the week as president trump said america is very powerful. america has to do something about this, which was very different than what he was saying before the chemical weapons attack before taking 2,000 troops out of syria very soon. we had michael cohen, mcclatchey piece. and i tend to believe it means mr. co help was in prague. we ll come back to that. did you sense this was done for
problematic. thank you for all of that context. so we are also following breaking news. the lawyer for stormy daniels seeking to depose president trump and his personal attorney michael cohen about the secrecy agreement for which daniels was paid $130,000 days before the 2016 election. cnn s abby phillip is live with all the details. reporter: good morning, alisyn. it seems every day there is new development in the stormy daniels is saga designed to get under president trump s skin. this time michael avenatti is asking do question president trump. stormy daniels s lawyer, michael avenatti, wants to know what president trump knew about the $130,000 payment to his client days before the 2016 election. avenatti asking the federal judge in california for permission to question the president under oath forum to two hours. we re going to prove that mr. co help s statements to the american people are false.
seeking to depose president trump and his personal attorney michael cohen about that secrecy agreement for which daniels was paid $130,000 just days before the 2016 election. cnn s abby phillip is live at the white house with more. what are they saying, abby? reporter: well, good morning, alley. stormy daniels s lawyer michael avenatti continues to put the pressure on president trump and michael cohen, the president s personal lawyer, on this issue. he is asking to depose president trump in a question and answer session in a court of law. stormy daniels s lawyer, michael avenatti, wants to know what president trump knew about the $130,000 payment to his client days before the 2016 election. avenatti asking the federal judge in california for permission to question the president under oath forum to two hours. we re going to prove that mr. co help s statements to the american people are false.