they respond to tonight s top story. they ll be with us in justn u a minute. st a now, we begin this monday o with a fox news alert. the department of energy, they are now finally admittinge the obvious truth.s covid-19 was apparently developed in that by chinese scientists at the wuhan institute of virology, likely through gain of function research. now, the deadly diseas the somehowlab an leaked out of the lab and aninfe infected the entire world .ct and by the way, china knew at the entire time, side note, a sloppy attempt to cover up.m and then thatht all ensued from communist chinese and of the communist chinese and of course, their corrupt propagandists in part that we fund for china. woul and that would be the h.o. and maybe even dr. and ye fauci himself. and yet no one has been helde wh accountable. they have yet, to this point, even wanted to admit the truth, which was obvious.th mow, a message fro president reagan is more relevant than ever. quote, the nine most t
good morning. i m ryan nobles. thank you for joining us. this morning for the first time, the public is getting a firsthand look at six years worth of former president donald trump s taxes. our nbc news team is reading through the returns page by page, combing for news. we ll break down what s inside these highly anticipated documents ahead. with tiktok now banned on house-issued devices, could congress ban it on your phone next. we ll ask a congressman about that. and fliers are making backup plans before they fly. a live up diet from newark airport. an update on pope benedict after he s still in serious condition. we ll find out the latest from rome. and with just 37 hours to go until 2023, organizers in new york city will conduct a test of the famous ball drop. we ll take you live to times square. breaking news. officials say they have arrested someone in pennsylvania in connection with the murders of four students who attended the university of idaho. we ju
washington in the swamp has been more accurate when it comes to covid than senator rand paul of kentucky. he was right about the lab leakl . he was right about therapeutics. he was right about natural immunity. he was as right about right about mask. and now, years after paul salle democratic colleagues ridiculed him, called him names. well, the senator his refusing to wear a mask. a as they made a big deal about thatw . take a loo yk at this headline from the new york times. quote, the mask mandates did leo nothing. will any lessons be learned? citinglearne an oxford trained e epidemiologist, the article reads, quote , there is just no evidence that masks may make nos any difference. full stop.e new s. but it s not just the new york c times. here s biden s own covid-19 response coordinator. take this. a look at this. i mean, the notion that you could cut respiratory infections, there is no studywsa in the world that shows that masks worked out well.ll. so so you re never going to ge
the two previous years. now to the staggering new covid numbers, daily cases surpassing 1 million. reporter: as the new year began, the fight with covid raged on. a lot of them are sick. reporter: with the rapidly spreading omicron variant killing 60,000 americans in january. with time, the pandemic did loosen its grip. the transportation administration will not enforce masks at u.s. airports and on board aircraft. reporter: the mask mandates vanished. thank you. we can breathe again. reporter: but new threats emerged. there s growing concern about another virus called monkeypox. reporter: monkeypox, flu, and rsv. it s a serious illness with him being this young.
reporter: deion mccormick is the mother of a fourth grader. your school district says we re not listening to the governor. right. reporter: we want the school kids to wear their masks, how do you feel about that? i feel like they re protecting us, i love it. reporter: and a school that has a mask mandate, we wanted to ask the governor about that, our request to speak with him was declined, however, his spokesperson did send us a statement saying the governor is allowing virginians to opt-out of the mask mandates so parents can choose what s best for their children. over the weekend, the governor did say that school districts need to listen to parents. because we will use every resource within the governor s authority to explore what we can and will do, in order to make sure that parents rights are protected. reporter: and he does indeed get some support from parents at the richmond school.