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right now i want to bring in, bring back david culver, who's reported from china for a long time. e in washington. what is beijing, david, saying about? all this >> wolf, beijing doesn't want to portray itself in all this as a global peacemaker. if you get back a year ago to when we were in the midst of the start of this invasion from russia to ukraine, and you thought about coming out of the beijing winter olympics, that was a time when xi jinping in particular wanted to portray china very different light, amidst the covid ad break. and the relationship between president xi and putin was showcased at the start of the beijing olympics. the opening ceremony even the two met, and they declare this no limits relationship, here we are a year later in what's gonna happen is there's no limits relationship is gonna be put to the test. you have beijing trying to be a peacemaker, trying to straddle the fence here, now they're gonna find themselves in the position of having to strike and -- pick one side over the other. especially if they go and provide that lethal force. if you look at just

our coverage today starts with cnn's david culver who spent much of the pandemic in china for us. and cnn's pamela brown. david, you dug into the report what does it say? >> i wish, jake, i could tell you that it gives that definitive answer, because we were positioned ourselves as you know, three years ago in wuhan, just before the lockdown. and very curious how all of this began. and yet, what it does, it seems to create more really confusion, it seems for some looking on to this. especially when you consider there is no unanimous decision amongst all of the intel community to determine exactly how it began. if anything, it may actually even feed into the chinese narrative. and that's been one to muddy the waters, to deflect blame, to sow doubt into the origins of covid-19. all in all, though, it is interesting because the energy department and those sourcing that to us tell us it's new intel in particular that suggests the origins are from a lab. we don't get the details, though, as to what that new intel it is and how that might set the narrative apart, jake. >> and pamela, you

let's bring in david culver. so the energy department says probably.essentially the thing here? >> probably. and it's probably that it accidentally leaked from a lab. they don't go into much more detail beyond that, john. i think a lot of folks want to know what that new intelligence is that led them to the low confidence assessment. low confidence is how they characterize it. they are still leaning toward that direction. they likely fall short of having enough definitive evidence to conclude that in a more robust manner. as you point out, there's a lot of division over this, particularly in the u.s. intelligence community. back in 2021 president biden put forward a 90-day review from the intelligence community, trying to get to the bottom of figuring out the origin of covid-19 and they really fell short of any unanimous decision that would suggest it came from one place over another. really we look at the lab leak theory as one location that perhaps this is where it started and the other is natural. and that would be jumping from animals to humans. it

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also let's bring in cnn's david culver who has reported from china for years.sica, i'll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight's hearing. >> reporter: wolf, this is the first prime time hearing for a gop led committee since they took over in january. so this is high stakes stuff. and it's worth noting this is a very bipartisan committee and enjoys a tremendous amount of bipartisan support. so that's kind of it tone and tenor as we head into this evening's prime time hearing. we're expecting them to tackle four key issues. among them the chinese spy balloon, covid-19, china's support of russia in its fight against ukraine, and then also the future of tiktok. there's also going to be a host of witnesses that will be testifying in tonight's hearing, and among those will bemouthue co matthew cottonger. we're told he's going to play a video aimed at dispelling any ambitions of the chinese government. we're also expected to hear from former national security advisor under former president donald trump h.r. mcmaster as well. and both of these men widely res

cnn's david culver is here with us in washington.e was in wuhan in january 2020 where the first covid cases were detected. what else is china saying about this lab leak theory? >> the reality is this is one of the most sensitive topics, wolf, for the chinese. you can look at a range of things they deal with, but when it comes to the origins of covid, this hits and is something that is deeply precious for them. so much so they unleashed this relentless propaganda campaign, one that is starting to even have an impact on their own population, so much so that people are feeling that they just don't know where the truth lies. they see it as deflecting blame, as sewing down, as muddying the waters and seeming to have a positive impact. now, what we look at from the ministry of foreign affairs in particular is from the podium earlier today, they were defiant. they went on to say china has always activity supported an participated in global science-based origin tracing. parties should stop stir frying the argument of laboratory leak, stop vi