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national border patrol council official, art. joe concha, james palmer, former federal prosecutor and kansas center roger marshall. we will show you how the vice president ripped into truck over the border but laughed it off as vice president historic crossings and prime plus more than a dozen house republicans warning the administration do not abolish another truck for a policy basic works. cap says he'll make anay announcement about 2024. also tight bipartisan infrastructure deal on the verge of collapse now. reworking senators reject the democrats holding it hostage to pass an even bigger spending package voted with the wish list items. critics one democrat overreach could cost them everything and the midterms. this debate as well, doctor dodger chief fleet the house and senate by pushing back against questions about the nih funding lethal gain ofot function virus

research? more details from documents and new expose how factory jobs push to stop funding china's constructivist federal research. democrats getting pushback for hearings on the origin ofne a pandemic that killed more than 600,000 americans. then new reporting in the hospital thousands of police officers across the countryy quitting after a year of defund the crops. right wing crime is surging nationwide. the worst problem of all californiani now faces that coud mean lights out for california governor gavin newsom facing a recall. thank you for joining us.s. the evening edit start right now. ♪♪

elizabeth: we begin with vice president kamala harris at the border not answering questions on why it took her so long to get there and why she's meeting with border communities and families impacted by crime. she insists she did not decide to go after republican pressure to top eight for vice president kamala harris quit. the over her travel and venues she visits. look who's back with us, ken paxton. she went to el paso where the order will worked? >> i'm glad she came, maybe she talks to people group maybe informed her what's going on bur el paso does have a pretty good fence that has worked. the price she could have gone was the rate of, i wish she went someplace where the actual immigrants are crossing in greater numbers speech of the vice president is he saying she went there because that's where the trump administration launched bad policies on the border like remain in mexico. is that true?

>> i don't know her motivation, is on to me it took her so long to get back they basically have undone everything president trump had done to stop the crisis we had under obama and now we are back to something even worse than four years ago. elizabeth: kamala harris was accused of dodging questions today and she kind of snapped back at a reporter which was asked why it took so long. but watch kamala harris here. >> how you respond to republican's who safe you should have gone to the border where they are experiencing more problems? >> first of all, what happening here in el paso really is, in many ways, on the facts of immigration. elizabeth: okay, we got news coming in from seems to be

undercut by more than a dozen house republicans today morning biden administration don't and the trump border policy title 42, there is indication to stop that, that left border officials stop due to the pandemic, is coming down? what you say? >> we are overly suing over this but the change in policy or just make the border even worse than it is in favor undone almost every trump policy from catch and release to stay in mexico and allowing patrol to focus ont the job, they've done almost everything that works in this is the last piece of the puzzle to put us in a completely open border. elizabeth: former president donald trump is set to visit the border with the crisis is, there's word, he's saying he's going to make an announcement about 2024. is he going to make an announcement at the border next week? >> i don't know, i will be there and i'm excited to comen' in evn if he doesn't make an announcement, at least he has

highlighted, he's going to highlight the crisis we have, the problems are getting worse and i do, he motivated vice president to show up which keeps the issue alive and in the news even for the mainstream media. elizabeth: three states republican governor idaho, nebraska, florida sunday law enforcement to texas to help with the border, we keep hearing about home invasion, breaks and, carjacking, elementary school lockdowns because of car chases and robberies at the border, let's listen to what officials in the border states of texas and arizona now or a a say. >> you have people convicted of arson, rape and other crimes and arizona texas state prisons, to the country, they are refusing to be deported, that means they are leased into our community. so many people right now are coming into our country, we are losing track of who they are. there's lots of catalyst, people coming from -- they've been

getting out by our local o elementary schools so we've had to put local elementary schools on lockdown and we had to bring more law enforcementnt in tols search for these individuals 90% of these cars we are catching, we are finding loaded onto. elizabeth: for the price president say anything about that today? >> cap i heard of, i'm not sure many peoplemet with expanding the type of difficulties are common along the border which is what we just heard, people making into properties, destroying property and causing fear among people along the border knowing the cartels are getting a greater foothold along the border and in our state and our country that type of fear is creating a lot of difficulty for people along the border speech of texas attorney general, thank you for joining us. let's bring an vice president

are self later. your reaction to the trip, she visited the border where there is a portable you are than half as many attempted illegal border crossings versus what trump is going. what you say to this? >> i think it wasas a knee-jerk reaction because they are hearing president trump is going to go to the border. if you look at the numbers, they could have gone to rio grande valley where the numbers are the highest of apprehensions. they could have gone to del rio when they are experience at higher numbers than ever before. it could have gone here to tucson, the number one area for got a raise because of the drug cartels just south of us but instead they did a dog and pony show at el paso, check the box to take today we went to the border in an era more contained than anywhere else. that's what it was. elizabeth: we karaoke from mexico has five of the top ten most dangerous border towns and cities in the world due to violent crime and homicides, horse in the middle east.

we've got border state citing rising cost on the federal government so there's constitutional right here. i'd like to get to this, kamala harris attacked president trump about horrible conditions the border but last going to the border she's in a position of authority to stop things like human traffickers dropping children over border walls and children literally being, this is graphic, thrown into the river, those are factual stories that happened an assault on migrants. let's listen to kamala harris here. watch this. >> when we have children in cages crime for their mothers and fathers, don't you dare call back border security. that's a human rights. [cheering and applauding] but not our america. [cheering and applauding] >> do you have any plans to visit the border? >> sometime.

we are going to the border. we find to the border so this whole thing about the border, we spent of the borderr. >> you haven't been to the border. >> and i haven't been to europe. [laughter] i don'ton understand what you're saying. elizabeth: it's to spotlight the human rights at the border. can you explain that human rights border? >> your the vice president of the united states and you've been put in the position to take care of the issues having of the border, that's plain and simple. there rhetoric, lack of policies done, it's important drug traffickers and emboldened to human traffickers. there's more individuals getting brought in illegally as we speak. it diverting the agent working in some areas so drugs can continue coming through and all the while i want to thank something, when you are looking at people across the border

legally through ports of entry, the part of entries have been closed for quite some time so those people who cross legally and coming and help some of the economies border towns, they have been allowed to come and get individuals breaking ourng laws and coming in illegally, they are getting released into the u.s. what messages i send a? if you commit the crime, you get a free pass you if you do things legally, you have to wait in the back. honestly it is horrible what's happening at the border right now. elizabeth: we hear what you're saying. four out of ten women and children can assaulted on the way according to statistics. thank you so much for joining us, appreciate it. good to see you. >> thank you. elizabeth: the search continues for survivors of that horrific p conduct collapse near miami, for people killed, almost 160 people still unaccounted for let's get

the latest from fox news. jonathan is in surfside, florida. >> you can see the smoke rolling up behind me because firefighters happen having to put up starting fires that developg as debris shifts and causes stark in addition to thunderstorms frequently coming through makes for a treacherous search process but they are determined to continue as long as there's a chance of survivors. medical examiner's office identified first victim they pulled from the rubble, 54-year-old stacy died from blunt force injuriesce due to te collapse. firefighters searching the rubble discovered three additional bodies bringing the death toll to four. authorities confirmed 120 resident are safe but 159 remain unaccounted for. firefighters listen sounds inside the rubble to guide their search. >> it not necessarily stopping,

just working with the soundit in various things, it could just be still twisting i, debris raining down but not specifically sound of clapping or human voice. >> it is treacherous work. i mentioned thunderstorms and smoke from the fires that come up, structural engineers on site to help prevent the wreckage from collapsing on the firefighters but the firefighters press on in the hope of finding survivors. >> it's incrediblybl moving, the safety personnel, fire rescue,al they are totally motivated to find people. they have to be pulled off the shift from affect how motivated they are to continue. >> local officials say they are grateful for the donated supplies, food, volunteers

coming in they now have enough, they say people who want to help from here, they are asking them for monetary donations on the website set up. upsupport surfside.org. elizabeth: thank you for your reporting. good to see her. bipartisan infrastructure deal, we take it on next. looks like it's on the verge of collapse. republican senators rejecting democrats trying to hold infrastructure deal hostage in order to pass an even bigger spendingwi package loaded with wishlist items. critics want the democrats politic could cost them everything. even the midterms. joe project is next. you're watching the evening edit. >> west and to hours after publicly commending our colleagues and actually endorsing bipartisan agreement, the president took the step of threatening to veto it, it

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joe concha. joe, i'm sure you saw this, the bipartisan infrastructure deal is now on the verge of collapse. that was quick. joe, i'm sure you saw this, bipartisan infrastructure deal on the verge of collapse. that was quick. republican senator saying you can't hold hostage the infrastructure deal to get an even bigger spending package past loaded with your wishlist items budget reconciliation. pentagram think this is a dealbreaker, what you say? >> it's like eight minute dating, he started off so well, people getting along so well and in eight minutes, it fell apart. it looked like yesterday joe biden was this moderate we heard about during the campaign, at least from the media anyway as far as making deals, they trimmed down infrastructure package to only deal with roads and bridges and grades and railways into her like okay, people can get behind that

because we see what happening in all those places as first infrastructure concerned. the president comes out and says during a press conference, only human infrastructure, am i ever going to sign this? wait a minute, that's not ma you talked to us. -- what you talked to us about. republicans, you know, they're not going to go along with ramming through $6 trillion in spending particularly when you see inflation going up the way it is. that spending only is going to make it worse. i mean, it's the ultimate rekneeinging we're seeing right now -- reneging, and it was to appease the left wing of the party. he saw the blowback from the aocs of the world and tried to appease them, but he's not going to be able to be a moderate and appease them at the same time. elizabeth: how do you win midterms getting yanked far left? there is a moderate middle in the country, the silent majority. they feel they're not being listened to. nancy pelosi says there won't be

any teal to fix the nation's -- deal to fix the nations roads unless they do the other deal. alexandria ocasio-cortez says this infrastructure deal is racist. what do you say? [laughter] >> everything is racist. i'm thinking that term has lost its impact at this point. a politician would say, boy, wow, that's a pretty serious charge. now it's hike and -- like and, it or the. when in doubt, evoke racism, and perhaps things will happen. but democrats now know they're in serious trouble here because if they don't pass this way they want to, they're already in trouble when you think about it, right? 2011, liz, president obama lost 63 seats, a lot of seats. that was a red wave, that was tea party. trump lost 43 seats in 2018. the party in power never does well this these situations. the gop next year, liz, only needs 5 seats to retire nancy

pelosi for good? and with the senate 50-50 right now, that's anyone's ball game as well. if biden goes way left, all these things will happen, gop if senate, gop house, and then you wonder what happens in 2024. if he stays in the center like bill clinton did, he might have a shot, but he's so petrified of all the passion in the party, and that's with the aoc/squad quick. elizabeth: yeah, we hear you. let's listen to joe manchin on this one. watch this. >> to say that one's being held hostage to the other doesn't seem fair to me. we have to see what's in the other plan before i can say, oh, yes, you vote for this and i'll vote for that. that's not what i have signed up for. elizabeth: you know, they've got a slim majority, to your point. they don't have the same majority the democrats had under fdr or lbj. on average, the party in power loses 24 seats, you're right. 5-6 seats, they lose control. final word. >> yeah. joe manchin and krysten sinema,

democrats, are two of the most powerful people in washington right now. they control the whole ball game. can't blow up the filibuster, you can't do it without their votes, all this stuff fails. joe biden has hitched his wagon to something that is not going to fly with republicans, joe manchin or krysten sinema, and that's going to mean 2024, joe biden running in his 80s or kamala harris, they're in big trouble with democrats right now. no question, liz. elizabeth: joe concha, good to see you. come back soon. up next, this fiery debate, did dr. fauci mislead both the house and senate by pushing back against questions saying, no, the nih did not help fund lethal gain of function virus research and more in we've got the details from documents in a new expose on how dr. fauci fought back to stop the push of china's

destructive virus research. kentucky representative james comer is next. >> oh, the tangled web of deceit continues to grow around anthony fauci. you know, it's bad enough that there's compelling evidence that he may have lied to the senate committee last month when he testified under oath, but now it appears that he may have lied to a house committee a year ago when he said, gosh, i have no idea why president trump ordered the funding to the wuhan lab be halted. ♪ ♪ welcome to allstate. ♪ ♪ you already pay for car insurance, why not take your home along for the ride? allstate. here, better protection costs a whole lot less.

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go to aarp.org/caregiving for free mental health and self-help tips. elizabeth: did dr. fauci mislead congress? we have a new book by two washington post reporters, it reveals that dr. fauci and nih director francis collins fought back against the order to cancel nih funding going to the wuhan lab in china after fears, yeah, covid-19 did leak out of that lab. let's welcome back to the show congressman james comer of kentucky. okay, so two months after that dr. fauci told a house committee, quote: i have no idea why president trump ordered the halt in funding. so what do you think of this? >> it's more discrepancy in his testimony versus what we now know is reality. what i would like to do is give

dr. fauci an opportunity to come before congress and try to explain the discrepancies in his testimony and what we now know as fact. elizabeth: you know, the new book by the two washington reporters reveals specific, verbatim conversations showing that dr. fauci absolutely knew the reason why trump was ordering the halt and that he canceled, dr. fauci canceled the funding k and he knew what trump was about, and trump was worried because the hhs general counsel warned -- it looks like they warned dr. fauci, if you don't stop this funding, you're going to get toured. so looks like -- to get fired. so looks like he did know. >> i believe he did know, and i believe dr. fauci clearly had a grudge against donald trump. he used every opportunity he could to try to undermine president trump. he used every opportunity he could to try to mislead americans, and he used every opportunity he could to try to play along with the democrat

narrative that trump wasn't taking covid seriously and that, you know, the disease and the pandemic was affecting many more people than it really was. dr. fauci needs to come clean with all this. he was the face of covid-19 for better or worse for over a year. and now more thans are angry. we're -- americans are angry. we're getting back to normal. we realize how much this affected the economy. we realize now there was credible evidence all along that the origination was in the lab in wuhan and dr. fauci knew. if i were dr. fauci, i would want to come to congress, and ill want to come clean and try to explain all the discrepancies in his testimony versus what we now know to be fact. elizabeth: you know, the genetic sequencing scientists say of the covid-19 virus, it is -- it look like it's the same genomic dna sequencing that the wuhan lab researchers were working on, that they successfully, you

know, 11 times since 1992 supercharged viruses inside the lab. in other words, the genomic sequencing of covid-19 matches what was being done inside the lab. and dr. fauci told the senate that, you know, the nih is not funding this when the nih got the patent and was hoping to fund the patent for dr. baric going back to 2002. so what are republicans going to do here in terms of hearings? >> well, the democrats clearly aren't interested in trying to determine the origination of covid-19. republicans have called on democrats who are in the majority to hold hearings. since they won't, on tuesday we're going to have our own hearing. we don't have the authority being in the minority to hold official hearings, but we're sick and tired of waiting. we are inviting witnesses, expert witnesses that have credible evidence linking the

origination of covid-19 to that lab in wuhan. we've invited dr. fauci to attend. steve scalise will be chairing this meeting. he's on the covid select committee, he's the ranking member of the covid select committee. i'm going to be there, jim jordan, a lot of leaders of different committees in the house will be there. we're going to have a serious, credible hearing because americans want and deserve to know the truth behind this, and for whatever reason, the democrats aren't interested in holding hearings. we're not blaming the democrats for covid-19. we're blaming china for covid-19. it's bizarre that the democrats don't want to try to get any answers and hold anyone accountable. elizabeth: all right. congressman james comer, thanks for that information of the hearing coming up this coming tuesday. it's good to see you. we'll be poll following that hearing, as you probably already know. good to see you. coming up, new reporting on now this developing story, thousands of police officers around the country now quitting after a year of defund the

police saying it's demoralizing. this is happening right when violent crime is surging nationwide. former federal prosecutor jim trusty is next right here on "the evening edit." >> crime is up because many members of the president's own party want to turn cops into social workers. crime is up because many members of the president's own party think all cops are racist. including african-american police officers. crime is up because many members of the president's own party think that when a cop shoots a criminal, it's always the cop's fault. but when a criminal shoots a cop, it's always the gun's fault. ♪♪

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department prosecutor jim trusty. jim, a disturbing trend. thousands of police officers are quitting or resigning or retiring just as we're facing a double-digit increase in violent crime. what do you say? >> well, look, it's a real simple cost benefit analysis for these police officers, you know? the they've been on the department for 22, 25 years, they see the political support is gone, that large segments of the community demonize them and the politicians sway to that side, so they think why would i stay on for another few years to be subjected to this atmosphere of violence and no support? i think it's a very easy decision. a very damaging decision, but a rational one by these officers that are leaving in droves. elizabeth: you know, black people are getting killed at higher race from homicides and murders. you know, you wonder if this is going to threaten democrat control of congress in next year's midterms. murder rate had been on a downward trend for over 20 years, but it's currently spike, and we're seeing the trends go

south, going in the wrong direction. we have democrat eric swalwell, he is now trying to play catchup saying on msnbc that it's the republican party that is, quote, rolling with the cop killers instead of standing with the capitol police by not backing a bipartisan investigation of the capitol riots. but that's setting aside the thousands of cops that have been injured and harmed on the job. we have about 50 already killed in the line of duty. >> yeah, that's a really disgusting statement when you think about it. maybe fang fang or his chinese handlers told hum to say it, that it would be cute. but the reality is what happened at the capitol january 6th, officer sick nick, which i guess what he was trying to refer to, was not murdered. there was an initial lie that he had been pummeled to death. that turned out to be not true. the only death on capitol hill that was more opaque was ashley

babb it, the woman who crawled through a window. i don't think any of us need to see this political exercise of pelosi and swalwell and adam schiff, you know, impeaching trump for the 32nd time over the capitol riots. but with i do think a serious law enforcement inquiry, a real, professional, objective scrutiny of how was lethal force used on the capitol, were there inconsistencies in the capitol police when it comes to letting people in or fighting them, those are things that we really a ought to drill down on and know for the future. elizabeth: yeah, we hear that. but when it comes to what's happening across the country, it's like back to the 1970s. the solution's already been out there. it's not complicated. it's what worked under clinton. en force the law, fund police training, support honest cops. honest cops are getting stereotyped right now. let's watch senator john kennedy on this. i'd like your reaction. watch. >> why is chicago -- why has

chicago become the world's largest outdoor shooting range? why is it safer to walk down the streets of mogadishu than new york city? crime is not up, as the president seemed to indicate today, because of inadequate background checks. crime is up because many -- not all, but many members of the president's own party believe in defunding the police. they ran on it. and in many cities, they've done it. elizabeth: what i don't get is why do you defund the police when you need the cops to remove from the streets of america illegal guns? you know, the majority of criminals who get guns, they're not buying them at gun stores. they're not buying them at gun shows. it's something like less than, you know, less than 8% there where they're getting their guns. criminals are getting guns illegally in the black market or on the street underground,

right? >> yeah. i mean, look, a couple things about chicago. remember, the democratic leadership fought the idea of atf and orr federal agencies -- other federal agencies flooding the scene to try to take off illegal guns. because bill barr's name was on it, it was somehow the source of an allergy. when i was at doj, i spent a long time trying to forge, essentially, a relationship between prosecuting officers around chicago to go after gun trafficking. we had a lot of success with northwest indiana and some participation from chicago prosecutors. at the end of the day, there wasn't this wholesale market, it was basically stolen guns and small scale transactions between criminals, not a big open market type thing. elizabeth: okay. jim trusty, thanks for your insights there. it's good to see you. come back soon. up next, the one big thing, the worst problem all of california now faces. it could mean lights out for california governor gavin

newsom. republican strategist ford o'connell joins us next. >> this governor continues to fall, absolutely fail at the basics. we have a governor that doesn't seem to recognize that there's a problem. that's why californians want a change at the top when it comes to gavin newsom. to gavin newsom. ♪

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the pandemic and moving our country forward. it's up to you. ♪ elizabeth: let's welcome to the show gop strategist ford o'connell. okay, ford, here's what's going on in california. it could push out governor gavin newsom in this new recall. california grid operators warn the state faces massive power blackouts this summer. the grid operators saying you've got to cut your power usage. they're telling that to consumers, to reduce the load on the grid. what do you say to this? >> well, let's put it this way, gavin newsom's failed leadership is what has triggered this recall, and basically you have the same sort of rolling

blackouts that you had last year in the state of california where 800,000 people lost power, that very well could push hum over the top and get him kicked out of office come the fall election. elizabeth: you know, pg&e, the utility, right, they were hit with 85 felonies. they have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to gavin newsom through the years. they spent more money basically, it looks like, on donations during their bankruptcy instead of making the victims' families whole. in bankruptcy they gave the victims' families of the fires, the wildfires sparked by their power lines, stock in a bankrupt company. is so how do you get out of this? because california is now putting more and more pressure on its power grid with electric vehicles. they want something like more than a million new charging stations, but they want more renewable energy. you don't have the backup power for that. >> no, you don't. look, california has an aging

infrastructure. it's not just pacific gas and electric, it's also southern california edison, and you've got towers and transmission states in that state that have a median age of 68 years. they need to be reinvesting in that infrastructure before they chase renewable green energy because they do have, to your point, e. mac, a supply and demand problem. obviously, pacific gas and welcome trick is in bed with the -- electric is in bed with the democrat party, and that's why you have that sort of corruption. elizabeth: millions of dollars into democrats' pockets in sacramento. we're also seeing, you know, electricity costs exploding in california. 14,000 businesses have left california since 2009. that's a lot of the tax base that looks like it's taking major hits. your final world. >> well, that's exactly right. look, it is gavin newsom's failed leadership. california leads the nation in poverty, in homelessness, and basically people are leaving to go to a place like texas or florida because it's more

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elizabeth: back with us now kansas senator roger marshall. house republicans james comey just told us on tuesday the house gop led by steve scalise will have a hearing into the origins of the covid-19

pandemic. it says senate republicans are going to do the same thing? what do you say? >> liz happy friday to you. i think we can do it on a bipartisan aces in the senate. i'm on the health committee which oversees health care oversees the nih and the cdc. i think that would be a perfect place to do it at deep dive investigation into this and late last night senator murray and senator burr announced we would start that investigation in the health committee. we are looking forward to getting into the origins of this virus. elizabeth: we are democrats ignoring it congressional probe into those? >> i really don't have a good answer for you productively we can make some political theories on why they don't want to look into this. all i can tell you is millions of people have died and those folks that have lost loved ones deserve an answer and to repent

future epidemics like this we need to get into the origins of it as well. elizabeth: there were warnings under the obama administration that the wound on -- wuhan lab was working with the chinese military in order to weaponized viruses and this was one of the most lethal and dangerous viruses that the world is ever seen. it's also a national security issue when you talk about the chinese military here, right? >> absolutely. in 2014 the obama administration shut down viral data function studies which is more dangerous than nuclear warheads are but they gave us -- for dr. fauci from nih that they could go through loopholes and in december of 2017 behind closed doors meetings my understanding is there was no upper level from the secretary of state's office in dr. fauci powered through and got the viral function studies

opened up a lot more. to go even further the person who is working with dr. fauci has talked about the successes of these function studies that the united states is funding for dr. fauci and nih. elizabeth: we understand the humanitarian aspect and you want vaccines in one drugs but the point is the research is being done by dangerous laboratories where viruses leak. let's watch steve scalise here. >> now the single hearing on speaker pelosi and a house on this but it's like they are trying trying to cover-up for china china instead of getting basic answers that we all want to find the truth about and that's why we are having our hearing next week or it speaker pelosi has the subpoena powers and they should be bringing everybody in and having communication with those

scientists at the wuhan lab. elizabeth: it's not only just an unsafe laboratory research can lead to accidents where viruses leak, it's also that the chinese military even the obama administration warned tried to weaponized viruses, right? >> or write liz and think about this doing biodata research studies with communist china would be like doing nuclear warhead research with iran or north korea, right? who in their right mind would even think about doing that? it amazes me that they were doing this viral function study with someone who didn't know how to take care of the virus and then they went ahead and let the virus out. and then they covered it up and developed -- couldn't even develop a vaccine for big a story will really deep and we are just now getting to the crux of the real problem and the real

origin of it. elizabeth: china's vaccine doesn't work you talk about when the obama administration band data function and so the loophole was this, you can keep doing it it's for public health. that's a giant loophole that you could drive a truck through. >> exactly and that's why we need to have a good open hearing on the senate health committee and one of the things we are trying to get accomplished is what are the guardrails for viral data function research just like like once upon a time we are trying to figure out nuclear weapons and nuclear energy were we going to use it for the good of mankind or the bad side of mankind so i think we need to develop protocols. elizabeth: pelosi launches a select committee on capital capital rights but nothing on the pandemic. roger marshall it's good to see you. i'm elizabeth macdonald and you've been watching "the evening edit" on "fox business." we hope you have a great "fox

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