professional repudiation. even charges of racism from the supposed experts so now what? white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the department of energy overseas national labs and now reportedly concludes a lab leak in china most likely caused the pandemic albeit that conclusion with low confidence. but, this theory became a political lightning rod after former president donald trump embraced it and top scientists shot it down. now, team biden is holding back of talk about lessons learned and also, responding to china s denials. china has repeatedly blocked the world health organization s covid origins probe and now is swiftly rebuking the reported findings from the u.s. department of energy. china s foreign minister saying in part a laboratory origin of the pandemic was considered to be extremely unlikely is a science-based authoritative conclusion reached certain parties should s
Thanks. Bret colonel muster in the library with gregs sculptor very possible. I want one of those for my desk. Judge jeanine yes. Bret all right. We will see you. Thanks. Breaking tonight we are following two major stories at this hour. Another setback in the search for a knew new speaker of the house with the next vote now delayed until tomorrow. And the israeli war against hamas. President biden just left on a trip to the region. He will visit israeli leaders along with other middle eastern figures although fewer of them after some Late Afternoon high profile cancellations. Why . Because reports say hundreds of people have been killed in the bombing of a hospital inside gaza. Hamas blames israel. The israeli government, Israeli Defense forces say the explosion was caused by an errant Islamic Jihad rocket. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has canceled a scheduled meeting tomorrow with President Biden and other middle east leaders including the king of jordan in protest of the hospital
Gillian good evening good evening, Welcome To Washington im gillian in for bret baier. One Major University just canceled graduation. Are others going to follow . Plus this, President Biden is now facing more disappointing economiccous. Former President Trump says hes worse than jimmy Carter Harvey weinsteins Rape Convictions one of the cases spawned the Me Too Movement now suddenly overturned. Whats going to come next . Gillian first, breaking tonight, two hugely Important Court cases involving former President Trump and his ability to pursue another term in the oval office. The first ever criminal trial of a former president is continuing in new york with more testimony from trumps former ally kicking off the prosecutions case today. Meanwhile, here in washington, at the u. S. Supreme court, trumps attorneys tried to convince justices he has wide ranging immunity from prosecution in an election interference case. We got fox team conch for you. Nate foy is in new york with testimony f
Again. the new york post with this story fbi probes uzbekistan asylum seeker who crossed border with help from trafficker linked to foreign terror group. federal theaters are investigating cohort of uzbekistan nationals who crossed the u.s. mexico border and claimed asylum in the united states after new intelligence found they relied on assistance of a human trafficker linked to a foreign terrorist organization. with that, let s bring in our panel kimberley strassel member ever the editorial board at the wall street journal. guy benson. host of the guy benson show on fox news radio and julia manchester national politics reporter for the hill. julian, we have seen a lot of republican hearings a lot of focus on this. but as far as uproar about it, this is pretty significant, if you look at who is coming across the border and you remember those images of cartel members being armed coming across the border just a few weeks ago. i think it really makes
this virus clearly had to be adapted for human-to-human transmission. especially in healthcare and in medicine and science that a debate is what needs to take place. bret: well, the covid origins, we are getting more and it is different than what a lot of leaders talked about and a lot of reporters dealt with. wall street journal lab leak most likely origin of covid-19 pandemic. energy department now says. the energy department s conclusion is the result of new intelligence and is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise and oversees a network of u.s. national laboratories some of which conduct advanced biological research. with that, let s bring in our panel fox news senior political analyst juan williams. ben domenech editor-at-large for the spectacle territory. host of the ben domenech podcast on fox news radio. we welcome julia manchester national politics reporter for the hill. julia, this obviously starts before we get into all of the