indispensable partner, and britain and france saying now is not the time. it's a bid that will likely gain support in washington where president trump has said his government is conducting an examination of its own into the pandemic's origin. he said he would cut off funding for the w.h.o. at least temporarily, after criticizing it for being what he called china centric. the t trump administration is calling on china to allow access to its labs in the city of wuhan to see whether virus there is are being handled properly. this comes as media outlets have raised the possibility the virus originated in a lab in wuhan. >> translator: american politicians are trying to brush aside their own failures and evade responsibility. that will not help improve the situation in the u.s. or benefit international cooperation. >> the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson criticized australia's proposal for a review, calling it political ma lip nation. the outbreak i in china is thout