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concha, congressman james comer, ford o'connell and kansas senator roger marshall. tonight we're going to show you how the vice president ripped into trump over the border but then laughed it off as vice president and amid historic crossings and crimes. plus this, the biden administration being warned not to abolish another border policy as trump says he'll soon make an announcement about 20 24. also tonight the bipartisan infrastructure deal now on the verge of collapse. republican senators reject the democrats holding it hostage in order to pass an even bigger spending package. now, critics warning democrat overreach could cost them everything and the midterms. tonight, this debate as well, did dr. fauci mislead the house and the senate by pushing back against questions about the nih funding lethal gain of function virus research? we've got more details from documents and a new expose on

how fauci fought trump's push to stop funding china's destructive virus research. plus, democrats getting pushback for blocking hearings on the origins of the pandemic that has killed more than 600,000 americans. then we're going to bring you new reporting on how thousands of police officers across the country now quitting after a year of defund the cops. right-wing crime is surging nationwide. and we're going to the to tell you the one big thing, the worst problem of all that california now faces that could mean lights out for california governor gavin newsom. he's now facing a recall. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ muck. ♪ ♪ 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 not

meeting with border communities and families impacted by crime. the vice president insists she did not decide to go after republican pressure. two top aides for vice president kamala harris quit. they oversee her travel and her venues that she visits. texas torn general ken backs -- attorney general ken paxton is with us. so she went to el paso where the border wall works? >> yeah, isn't that great? look, ooh i'm glad she came, el paso actually does have a pretty good fence that has worked. the police she should have gone is mcallen, the rio grande valerie or laredo. -- rio grande valley. a place where immigrants are crossing in greater numbers. elizabeth: the vice president is saying she went there because that's where the trump administration launched their bad policies on the border like remain in mexico. is that true? >> i don't know what her motivation was. it's just odd to me that it took her so long to get there and

that they basically have undone everything that president trump has done to stem the crisis that we had under obama, and now we're back to something even worse than we had four years ago. elizabeth: you know, kamala harris was accused of dodging questions today, and she kind of snapped back at a reporter when she was asked why did it take you so long to visit. let's watch kamala harris here. watch this. >> how do you respond to republicans who say you should have visited an area along the border that is experiencing more acute immigration problems such as the rio grande valley? >> first of all, what is happening here really is, in many ways, highlights many of the facets of immigration. elizabeth: okay. we've got news coming in. in this visit, is sir, seems to be undercut by this, more than a dozen house republicans today

warning the biden administration, don't end trump's border policy, title 42. there's indications they're going to stop that. that lets border officials stop illegals due to the pandemic. is that coming down? what codo you say? >> the reality is that change in policy will just make the border even worse than it is. and they've undone almost every trump policy from catch and release to the stay in mexico and allowing border patrol to focus on their job. they've undone almost everything that works, and this is sort of the last piece of the puzzle to put us in a completely open border. elizabeth: you know, former president donald trump is set to visit the border where the crisis is. there's word that he is -- he's saying he's going to soon make an announcement about 2024. is he going to make an announcement at the border next week? >> you know, i don't know. i will be there, and i'm excited that he's coming. even if he doesn't make an announcement, at least he has highlighted, he's going to be highlighting the crisis that we

have, the problems that are getting worse. and i really do, he obviously motivated the vice president to at least show up, which keeps the issue alive and in the news even for the mainstream media. elizabeth: so three states' republican governors accepting their law enforcement to texas to help with the border. we keep hearing about home invasions, break-ins at ranches, carjackings, 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 say. watch this. >> you have people that have been convicted of arson, rapes, other crimes. and arizona state prisons, texas state prisons, prisons all over this country, i.c.e. is refusing to pick them up, they're refusing to deport them. there are so many people coming into our country, we're losing track of who they are. there's lots of got-aways, there's people coming in from the terror watch list.

>> here lately they've been getting out by our local elementary schools, so we've had to put the local elementary schools on lockdown, and we had to bring more law enforcement in to search for these individuals. you know, 90% of these cars that we're catching now, we're finding loaded firearm in them. elizabeth: that's tough stuff. did the vice president say anything about that today? >> not that i heard of. as a matter of fact, i'm not sure if she actually met with my the people -- with any people that are exexperiencing the difficulties that are common along the border, people breaking into properties, people causing fear among people along the border knowing the cartels are getting a greater and greater foothold in our country. that type of fear is creating a lot of difficulties for people on the border. elizabeth: okay. texas attorney general ken paxton, thank you so much for joining us. let's bring in national border patrol council vice president

art del cueto. your reaction to the trip today. she visited the border where there's a border wall. fewer than half as many attempted illegal border crossings versus where trump going. what do you say to all of this in. >> look, i think it was a knee-jerk reaction because they're hearing that president trump is going to go down to the border. if you look at the numbers, they could are gone to rio grande valley where the numbers are highest of apprehensions. they could have gone to del rio, they could have gone out here to tucson where the number one area for got-aways is because of the drug cartels just south of us. but instead, they decided to do a dog and pony show in el paso, check that box to say they went to the border in an area that is more contained than anywhere else. that's what it was, nothing but a dog and pony show. elizabeth: we hear you. you know, mexico has five of the top ten most dangerous border towns and cities in the world due to violent crime and homicides, worse than the middle east. and we've got, you know, border

states are citing the rising costs imposed by the federal government, so so there's a constitutional fight here. sir, i'd like to get to this: kamala harris attacked president trump about horrible conditions at the border. but laughed off going to the border when she's in a position of authority, you know, to stop things like human traffickers, you know, dropping children over border walls and children being literally -- this is graphic stuff -- being thrown into the rio grande river. those are factual stories that happened, and the assaults on migrants. let's listen to kamala harris here. watch this. >> when we have children in cages claying for their mothers and fathers -- crying for their mothers and fathers, don't you dare call that border security. that's a human rights issue. [cheers and applause] and that's not our america! >> do you have any plans to visit the border? >> at some point. you know, we are going to the border. we've been to the border --

>> you -- >> so this whole thing about the border, we've been to the border. we've been to the border. >> you haven't been to the border. >> and i haven't been to europe. [laughter] i don't understand the point that you're making. elizabeth: the point is to spotlight the human rights problems happening at the border. can you explain that, humor rights issues -- human rights issues at the border right now this. >> you're the vice president of the united states, and you've it been put in a position to take care of the border, plain and simple. their rhetoric, their lack of policy, what it's done is it's emboldened the drug traffickers and the human traffickers. there's more individuals getting brought in here illegally as we speak. it's diverting the agents that are working in some areas so that drugs can continue coming through. and all the while, i want to point something out, when you're looking at people that cross the border legally through the ports of entries, the bolters of

entries have now been closed for quite some time, so those people that cross legally and they actually come in and, you know, they help some of the economies in the border towns, they haven't been allowed to come in. yet individuals that are breaking our laws and coming in illegally, they're getting released into the united states. what message is that sending? that message is sending that if you commit the crime, you get a free pass. yet if you're doing things legally, you're the one that has to wait in the back. honestly, it's horrible what's happening at our borders right now. elizabeth: yeah. we hear what you're saying and, you know, 4 out of 10 women and children getting assaulted on the way, that's according to border patrol statistics. art del cueto, thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. it's good to see you. >> thank you. elizabeth: okay. the search continues for survivors of that horrific condo collapse here to miami. at least 4 people killed, almost 160 people still unaccounted for. let's get the latest from fox

news' jonathan serrie. he's in surfside, florida. jonathan. >> reporter: liz, you can see all the smoke rolling in behind me. firefighters have been having to put out these spotty fires that develop as the debris shifts and causes sparks. that in addition to thunderstorms frequently coming through here makes for a very treacherous search process. but they are determined to continue it as long as there is any chance of survivors. the medical examiner's office has identified the first victim that they pulled from the rubble, 54-year-old stacy fang died from blunt force injuries due to the building collapse. firefighters discovered three additional bodies bringing the death toll to 4. authorities have confirmed 120 residents are safe, but 15 is 9 remain unaccounted for -- 159. fire fighters are listening for sounds inside the rubble to

guyed their search. >> it's just sounds, and it could be various things. it could be steel twisting, it could be debris raining down but not specifically sounds of tapping or sounds of human vote. >> reporter: it is treacherous work. i mentioned the thunderstorms and the, all the smoke from all of the fires that crop up. structural engineers are 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 incredibly moving to be on site with these safety personnel, fire/rescue. they are totally, totally motivated to find people. they, they have to be pulled off the shift, that is how motivated they are to continue their efforts. >> reporter: local official say they're grateful for all of the donated supplies, food, volunteers that have been coming

in, but they now have enough. they say people who want to help from here, they're asking them for monetary donations with a web site they've set up, support surfside.org. liz? elizabeth: jonathan serrie, thanks for your reporting there. it's good to see you. the bipartisan infrastructure deal, we take it on next. it looks like it's on the verge of collapse. republican senators rejecting democrat trying to hold the infrastructure deal hostage in order to pass an even bigger spending package loaded with wish list items. critics warning that the democrats' politicking here could cost them everything. maybe the midterms. joe concha is next. you're watching "the evening edit." >> less than two hours after publicly commending our colleagues and actually endorsing the bipartisan agreement, the president took the extraordinary step of threatening to veto it. it almost makes your head spin.

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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. we've got republican senators saying, you know what? you can't hold hostage, you know, the infrastructure deal in order to get an even bigger spending package passed loaded with your wish list item via budget reconciliation. you know, lindsey graham and other republicans saying this is a deal-breaker. what do you say? >> wow. it's like 8-minute dating. it all started off to to well, and then in 8 minutes the thing basically fell apart after it looked like yesterday that joe biden was this moderate that we heard about during the campaign, at least from the media anyway, as far as making deals. they trimmed down the infrastructure package to only deal with roads and bridges and grids and railways, and you're like, okay, people can get behind that because we see what's happening in all those places as far as our infrastructure is concerned. true infrastructure.

and then the president comes out and says during a press conference, nope, only if we can attach what's laughably called human infrastructure to this am i ever going to sign this. and the republicans are like, 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

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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.

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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

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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 business."

we hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much are watching. join us again monday night. eft d that's why stock markets are rallying. i'll see you on monday. brian: 93 days and finally a trip to the border. vice president kamala harris seeing the scene firsthand more than three months after being tapped to handle the crisis. but the blame, she says, goes to the previous administration. plus, republicans demanding answers and going it their own, investigating the origins of covid-19. we'll speak to one of the representatives leading the charge. and are we really alone in the universe? the government expected to release its highly anticipated