This is according to multiple officials involved with the Covid Origins review that we have spoken with. This has been a team effort. To be clear, this does not mean they believe the virus was engineered in a lab or was intentionally released. But rather it couldve been studied in a lab and escaped accidently. Though. This is a dramatic shift from a year ago when democrats publicly downplayed the socalled Lab Leak Theory. But it is important to note that the view that the Lab Leak Theory is Deeply Credible is what some senior national security officials view from an intelligence standpoint. Most scientists who Study Coronaviruses and who have investigated the origins of the pandemic still say the evidence strongly supports a natural origin for the virus and that its unlikely scientists were studying the virus in a lab and it leaked out. Scientists who have found strong genetic evidence the virus came from animals say they want more access to what china knows about the pandemics beginni
Down Vaccination Rates and costing lives. Fish or Cut Bait . The bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is in peril and now has a new deadline. How president bidens number one priority could soon collapse. And the extraordinary life and tragic death of Anthony Bourdain. A haunting yet beautiful new film, the filmmaker joins us. Thanks for being here. We begin this hour with the entire country now trending in the wrong direction for the first time in a very long time. Right now every state is showing an increase in coronavirus cases from this week to last. Take a look at this map. It is now a sea of red and it is fueled by the unvaccinated. The drop in Vaccine Rates and the Delta Variant tearing through the country. The Cdc Director is now sounding the alarm again. Listen. I think things could still get worse which is why were doing everything we can now to make sure that doesnt happen. I dont like to see our cases rising, we havent seen this amount of cases for months. Im very concerned. And a
Contention for 2024. Were going to talk to two legendary players about that. All right, everybody, good morning, it is saturday, july 17th. Im lindsey reiser. Im Garrett Haake in more kendis gibson. We have a lot of reporters and analysts following the latest for us this morning. And today were marking one year since the late congressman John Lewiss death, and tensions over one of the core causes remain extremely high. Both sides are locked in on the texas Voting Rights showdown, vowing to not back down. Some state democrats are still holdingous in washington, d. C. After leaving the state monday to avoid that vote on the gop back restrictive elections bill. Governor Greg Abbott is now threatening their arrest once they return home. Tensions are high in austin, the impact is also being felt in washington. So we are going to bring in Nbc News political reporter Vaughn Hillyard and Nbc News white House Reporter Lauren Egan. What is the mood there as we wait to see who blinks first, the T
President biden says the Justice Department is now appealing that ruling. Meanwhile, the number of Border Crossings has hit a new 21year high. Border agents say they intercepted more than 188,000 people trying to cross into the u. S. In june. The total number arrested by Border Patrol since last october is now past 1 million. New reaction to a plot to Fire Bomb californias democratic Party Headquarters in sacramento. Are prosecutors say the two men charged were, quote, prompted by the outcome of the president ial election and believed their attack would spark a movement. Heres the california dnc chair. Again, thank the fbi for their work, but in this day and age, you know, we should not be concerned about Violence And Terrorism just for participating in the democratic process. Law enforcement officers, they seized pipe bombs, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and between 45 and 50 firearms including at least three fully automatic weapons. In just a matter of days, the biggest hearings
Al jazeera, where ever use all . Ah, ah ah, i want your, ill just have to remind you that top stories this more than searching 100 people are missing and western europe out to severe flooding. At least 104 people have died in germany, which is experiencing its was whether disaster in decade. South africa, the president says, a week of unrest thats killed 212 people was planned and coordinated from oppose. This is 25000 soldiers will patrol the streets to stop more looting and violence. Thats what hes king, has called anti monica, protested satanic. And his 1st public appearance out of a crackdown demonstrators have been calling for change since june 15th, formerly known as fuzzy land, is the last absolute model in africa. Us land borders with mexico and canada have been closed and non essential travel since march 2020. In southern california, those restrictions are wrecked, havoc on the livelihoods of millions of people who need to cross between the us and mexico every day. As many of