it has been more than a year and a half into a pandemic that has killed over 4.5 million people and returned all of our lives upside down. the world scientists are still hunting for answers. this startsed in wuhan at th market. the first hypothesis is it came from a bat. with 75% of all emerging diseases caused by a jump from animals into humans, there were warning signs. every few years there is a new spillover event with a new disease that humans have no i m t immunity to. it s a probability this originated from animals as well but the possibility also remains that the virus leaked from a lab. the wuhan novel respiratory coronavirus lab. the disease is the same name as the lab. it s a laboratory at the heart of the city where the outbreak occurred that s undertaking some risky work. laboratory accidents happen much more often than we know. the biological window to learn what happened thanks window might be closing., happe window might be closing. twindo
that is not even written. the shocking items they could slip under the rug. maybe fauci and rand paul got together to watch the game. milwaukee bucks take on their first nba championship in 50 years. fox and friends first starts right now. jillian: starts with an f. we always got an a plus. todd: today especially because you are back. jillian: it is good to be back. you coming back tomorrow? getting the readers? todd: i was he your for a week and a half. jillian: fox and friends, and all good, good to see you. you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. todd: let s get right to it. doctor fauci stepping back into the ring with republican senator rand paul. it is over gain of function research in the wuhan lab. griff jenkins joins us live as senator paul is asking the doj for a criminal referral. reporter: it was supposed to be hearing about the delta variant and vaccinations but it did quickly turn into a fight over covid origins as senator paul a
and the support he says he and his wife needed when meghan was pregnant with their son and was having suicidal thoughts. the thing that stopped her from seeing it through was how unfair it would be on me, after everything that had happened to my mum, and to now be put in the position of losing another women in my life, with a baby inside of her, our baby. a ceasefire between israel and the militant group hamas has brought to an end to eleven days of fighting. here comes the sun spain welcomes tourists but the eu delays any decision on opening up this summer. and coming up in the film review mark kermode looks at the week s new movie releases, including his take on angelina jolie s new survival thriller . good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said he s very concerned about the bbc s handling of its 1995 interview with princess diana after yesterday s highly critical report by a formerjudge. lord dyson condemned the way the broadcaster secured
north carolina, are joining calls for the release of body cam video from the shooting last wednesday of andrew brown jr. law enforcement officials say he was killed while officers were serving a warrant, but the county sheriff has refused to release video of the incident. these calls are certainly intensifying after audio recordings suggested that brown was shot in the back. we have shots fired. we have shots fired. that s 421 perry street. we ve got one male 40 years of age, gunshot to the back, we do have a viable pulse at this time. the city manager of elizabeth city is joining me now. thank you for joining me. i know you had a busy day. i saw you broadcasting earlier in that news conference. even the governor is calling for the release of this video, so what have county officials told you about why it is not yet public? when do you think it might be released? thank you for having me, alex. county officials have not told me anything. i know probably as much as you
communists. now he is openly profiting off of them. and an alarming report from the southern border were a saudi national potential terror ties was apprehended. we will bring you the shocking details. but first, in case you thought the freak out over the omicron variant was about science, not controlling your life, i want you to take a look at what happened the last few days. and let s start with cnn. the south african dr. who first discovered the omicron variant tried laying out the facts about this mutation to them today. it would if you look at our numbers, it is going down. our positivity rates around about 50% and the reason is that people we don t see a high death rate with omicron. jason: keep in mind that only 27% of eligible south africans are vaccinated, and they already are over the curb. here in the united states, just 61%. despite this and that mildness, the white house spent the weekend inducing panic. we are intent on not letting omicron disrupt work