covid-19 pandemic. that s according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or it s too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. president biden specifically requested that the national labs which are part of the department of energy be brought into this assessment. because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. we need to do extensive hearings. i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that. i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. steven jiang live from beijing with the
ago and that of cast an election is frankly very rail. let s discuss all of this with our political panel. karen finney great. great to have all be with us tonight. and there s so much to talk about in terms of the chaos that could happen with the midterms. let s start with election deniers. so, as you know, the place allows you with them right now. particularly places like arizona. then, today, ted cruz went on the view and could not answer the question as to whether or not he basically joe biden was legitimately elected. he pivoted, carrying the city, because it s the new talking point that i hear all the time now from republicans. when they get uncomfortable about the election denying. they pivot, immediately, to the past. so let s listen to this. what is biden legitimate elected because half the party thinks that he wasn t and will be very painful for you to tell the truth? biden is the president today. there is a lot of folks in the media that, i m exactly as a
in case you have not heard, the midterms are about two weeks away and the threat of chaos around election day, is frankly very real. was discuss all of this. we have our political panel, analyst herndon, republican analyst doug hahn, and political commentator kerry, great to have all of you with us here tonight but there is so much to talk about in terms of chaos that could happen with the midterms, let start with election deniers. as you know, the place is lousy with them right now, particularly in places like arizona. then, today, ted cruz went on the view and could not answer the question as to whether or not joe biden was legitimately elected. he pivoted, and karen, this will be to you because this is the new talking point that i hear all the time now from republicans, when they get uncomfortable about the election denying, the pivot immediately to the past. with listen to this. was biden legitimately elected? half of the party thinks that he wasn t that it would be v
Welcome to all of our viewers in the United States and all around the world. It is now 9 00 a. M. In israel where the crisis that began early saturday rapidly escalated into war. With staggering death tolls on both sides. At least 300 israeli deaths are confirmed and palestinian Authorities Say more than 230 people in gaza have been killed. Thousands more have been wounded. Heres the israeli Prime Minister on saturday. I have ordered an extensive number of reserves that we would return fire that the enemy has not known. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price. Israel says up to 1,000 hamas militants poured across the border into towns. They rounded up israelis and taken to gaza. One woman describes the ordeal. Translator suddenly out of nowhere shots are coming in. They started shooting in every direction and i took the car keys and just drove and started moving forward to get out of the shots. Out of the shots. And at some point they overtook us. We were overtaken by the shooters. T
it is good to be back with you, on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news. the jury in hunter biden s trial was just dismissed for the weekend after emotional testimony from hunter s daughter. what we know as our team on the ground tries to get answers. and the chilling new video of the moments before a woman unleashed hell on a mother and her 3-year-old toddler. the new details of what led up to that horrific attack. also, donald trump s latest target, well, in his words, the unselect members of the january 6th committee, why the former president is now calling for them to be indicted. plus, boos and the walkout, the negative greeting from some lawmakers in the pennsylvania state house when officers who defended the capitol during the insurrection walked in. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin with nbc s ken dilanian who s outside the courthouse in wilmington where the hunter biden jury was