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They ve probably memorized it. that s to say the u.s. is trying to smear china, that this is politicizing the issue, and they often go back to that science based approach. they say that that is the way this should be done, through science. the issue with that is that while the w. h. o. initially said that after the field visit in 2021, it is highly unlikely that it started in a lab, the w. h. o. also asked to go back. if china really wants to pursue that science based approach, you would think that they would say, okay, come back in. anything you, need we will provide. they found the opposite. they said no to the data, and no to another visit. the data is really critical, they ve not provided the data that scientists would need to really understand exactly, and zero in on the origin. that has been the issue going back to the start of this. given that they have provided enough to allow the international science community to figure out what steps they need to move forward, and they a ....
Speaker. along with a lot of other smaller men and women, all tangled up in something that the speaker now frames as being about ground principles, and not just petty ambition. more from cnn s manu raju, who joins us now from the capital. what more did mccarthy have to say? anderson, this was the most extensive comments yet about this controversy. over the last few, weeks the house has been on recess, and yesterday, when they came back into session, he actually ducked reporters, escaping out of the first floor of the capital, not answering any questions about the matter. and today, continuing to defend his decision, trying to compared to other networks, like cnn, who got exclusives on other issues. time and time again, as i ve pressed him about why tucker carlson was downplaying this attack, floating these conspiracies, why would he give this to tucker carlson in particular? he did not engage directly on that. as you noted in your opening, this is something that sunshine matters here ....
Say, and they say the w. h. o., this lab leak theory was highly unlikely as determined by that field team in january 2020. one on the field team that was only allowed in a year after the initial outbreak. i magical into a crime scene after the incident took place. that s what those researchers had to deal. with, so as they re citing that. there is truth. w. h. o. field team did say it s highly unlikely that a lab leak was the cause. but they also said we need more time to investigate. we d like to do a phase two, come back into china, go back into wuhan, and do that phase to study. china s response, no, that s not gonna happen. you traveled three times double the outbreak, i was like, how do they treat you when you show up? this is why i say it s sensitive. when you travel to certain sensitive stories, you can tell just how important is by how many security guards are following you around. about half a dozen for this story. as soon as you leave your hotel room and go down into the ....
To get information from them? really hard is the answer. as david was alluding to, there s very little transparency. peter dasha act, a name that comes up a lock, someone who was part of the world health delegation. and he runs ecohealth alliance. which has been doing some research in that part of the world. i spoke to him after that world health organization trip to wuhan. and i asked about the database, the database that would tell you where they re viral samples similar, identical, or related to the covid virus. listen to what he said when i asked him about that. have you been able now than as a member of this w. h. o. team, in any capacity to look at that data? no. that sounds concerning, peter, if it s a serious and more trying to be as thorough as possible. maybe it amounts to? nothing but i think the fact that you still haven t seen that database, it s just gonna raise a lot of eyebrows as we go forward. ....
We ve had four months of rain in just a few hours. it s the most rain, the biggest rain event ever recorded in auckland. now, for mayor wayne brown w.h.o been in office since october, this has been the first big test for him and one that many believe he has not passed. he s been under fire for a lack of communication from official channels while the emergency was unfolding on friday night. w people were swimming out of their homes, cars were floating, people were being evacuate and a state of emergency wasn t announced. it was only declared at 10:20, late on friday night and that s when the central government support could be triggered. now, this has left huge questions over the preparedness of the region for an event like this. auckland airport is back up and running, mostly it s still quite chaotic. that since there was torrential rain and high winds on friday, that caused a plane, a pilot to lose control, taking out six of the runway lights. now, that caused massive delays. ....